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Stephen Cole

Bk. 1. Wounded: Sixteen-year-old Tom Anderson and seventeen-year-old Kate Folan try to escape Kate's werewolf family - and fight becoming werewolves themselves-by making a cross-country journey in search of a mysterious man who might have a cure. Bk. 2. Prey: Kate and Tom flee to New York City as they continue to seek a cure for Tom's half-human/half-werewolf state, finding old enemies and new friends there while eluding the police, who believe them to be murderers. Bk. 3. Resurrection: Now in Chicago, Kate, Tom, and Blood prepare for a final showdown with Takapa and his supporters, who still hope for a world controlled by werewolves, and in the meantime, Kate and Tom's dangerous attraction for each other grows ever stronger.

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Barbaralee Diamondstein

This latest edition of the acclaimed LANDMARKS OF NEW YORK expands upon the official landmarks and historic districts documented in two previous volumes and incorporates a completely new section of more than 100 recently designated landmark buildings, interiors, and 12 historic districts. The landmarks are arranged chronologically by date of construction and provide an overview of the city over three centuries. More than 900 illustrations, 73 maps.

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Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine

An interactive multimedia exploration of the authors' trip around the world in search of endangered species. Contains the unabridged text of the book Last chance to see, a reading of the entire book by Douglas Adams, and over 800 full-screen color photographs. Allows the user to either read or listen to the book, to choose any chapter within the book, and to explore the many sidebars that provide scientific information about the animals and stories about the authors' experiences as they traveled around the world.

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Erik Larson

"At the dawn of the twentieth century, a great confidence suffused America. Isaac Cline was one of the era's new men, a scientist who believed he knew all there was to know about the motion of clouds and the behavior of storms. The idea that a hurricane could damage the city of Galveston, Texas, where he was based, was to him preposterous, "an absurd delusion." It was 1900, a year when America felt bigger and stronger than ever before. Nothing in nature could hobble the gleaming city of Galveston, then a magical place that seemed destined to become the New York of the Gulf.". "In Galveston, reassured by Cline's belief that no hurricane could seriously damage the city, there was celebration. Children played in the rising water. Hundreds of people gathered at the beach to marvel at the fantastically tall waves and gorgeous pink sky - until the surf began ripping the city's beloved beachfront apart. Within the next few hours Galveston would endure a hurricane that to this day remains the nation's deadliest natural disaster. Isaac's Storm is based on Cline's own letters, telegrams, and reports, the testimony of scores of survivors, and our latest understanding of the hows and whys of great storms. Ultimately, however, it is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets nature's last great uncontrollable force. As such, Isaac's Storm carries a warning for our time."--BOOK JACKET.