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  • Honey... Honey... Lion! A Story from Africa

    Jan Brett

    Hardcover (Putnam, Aug. 25, 2005)
    The African plains provide a stunning environment for Jan Brett's latest animal adventure. For as long as anyone can remember, the honeyguide bird and the African honey badger have been partners when it comes to honey:Honeyguide finds the honeycomb, Badger breaks it open, and they share the sweetness inside.But this day, Badger keeps all the honey for himself. Foolish Badger!In no time, Honeyguide leads Badger on a fast chase. Badger thinks it's for honey; but Honeyguide has a surprise waiting for her greedy friend.As they swim across a pond, push through a thicket of reeds, leap over a huge anthill, a menagerie of exotic animals passes the news along in a kind of animal Bush Telegraph. Finally Badger faces a lift-the-flap page, revealing the twist that teaches Badger a lesson. Can you guess who's under that flap?Honey . . . Honey . . . Lion! will surely become a family favorite for readers of all ages.
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  • Flying saucers: Top secret

    Donald E Keyhoe

    Hardcover (Putnam, Jan. 1, 1960)
    CONTENTS: Encounter above the Atlantic; the Killian Case; Round One; The Hoax; The Captain Ruppelt Record; The Inquiry Begins; Frame-up; November Crisis; Checkmate; From a Nearby World; the Armstrong Theater Battle; The Airliner Chase; Abandon That Course!; The New Search; Signals from Space; The Lost Civilization; Riddle at Lackland Field; The Warnings; Tug-of-War; The Hidden Reports; The Key; epilogue.
  • The Cat Who Could Read Backwards

    Lilian Jackson Braun

    Hardcover (Putnam, June 30, 1997)
    The first appearance in hardcover of the first installment of the author's ever-popular series features the unusual detective team of award-winning reporter Jim Qwilleran and Koko, his brilliant Siamese cat, who penetrate the world of modern art to solve a mystery. 135,000 first printing.
  • Clear and Present Danger

    Tom Clancy

    Hardcover (Putnam, March 15, 1989)
    THIS BOOK IS NOT AUTOGRAPHED!!!! The controversial bestseller from Tom Clancy, the all-time master of the techno-thriller. CIA Deputy Director Jack Ryan joins the war on drugs. And when three American officials are assassinated in Colombia, the U.S. response is swift-and shocking. The sudden and surprising assassination of three American officials in Colombia. Many people in many places, moving off on missions they all mistakenly thought they understood. The future was too fearful for contemplation, and beyond the expected finish lines were things that, once decided, were better left unseen. Tom Clancy's new thriller is based on America's war on drugs . . . and the covert -- and shocking -- U. S. response.
  • Damia

    Anne McCaffrey

    Hardcover (Putnam, July 1, 1992)
    In the sequel to The Rowan, Damia and Afra must find a way to save their planet when Deneb's early-warning system detects an incoming alien armada. 100,000 first printing. $90,000 ad/promo.
  • John J. Pershing

    Arthur George Joseph Whitehouse

    Hardcover (Putnam, March 15, 1964)
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  • Who Moved My Cheese?

    Spencer Johnson M.D.

    Hardcover (Putnam, March 15, 2010)
    Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.
  • Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose

    Tomie dePaola

    Paperback (Putnam, Jan. 1, 2011)
    Delightful children's book of nursery rhymes. Proceeds benefit non-profit outreach. Ready to ship today. TOM364
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  • Freedom's Choice

    Anne McCaffrey

    Hardcover (Putnam, June 2, 1997)
    A group of slaves, brought to an uninhabited planet by their Catenni masters, who have taken over Earth, must learn to survive in their new surroundings, but some struggle with calling their new planet home and consider a rebellion in order to return to their true home.
  • Double Play

    Robert B. Parker

    Hardcover (Putnam, May 24, 2004)
    The Grand Master of mystery offers a richly textured, change-of-pace historical novel set in 1947, the year that Jackie Robinson breaks the major league baseball color barrier by playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers, as seen through the eyes of Joseph Burke, a World War II veteran and survivor of Guadalcanal, who is hired by Dodgers manager Branch Rickey as Robinson's bodyguard. 125,000 first printing.
  • The Cat Who Went Bananas

    Lilian Jackson Braun

    Hardcover (Putnam, Dec. 29, 2004)
    James Qwilleran and his talented team of feline sleuths, Koko and Yum Yum, investigate the supposedly accidental death of a cast member in a car crash on the eve of the Theatre Club's performance of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. 225,000 first printing.
  • The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell

    Lilian Jackson Braun

    Hardcover (Putnam, Jan. 10, 2006)
    Koko's strange new hobby of dropping himself from balconies has landed him in the oddest of places--a young visitor's head whose wealthy relatives soon fall deathly ill, making Qwill have his work cut out for him. 200,000 first printing. Mystery Guild Main.