Great discount items: People & Places Books

NOTE: Items are ordered by today's best selling (Saturday, July 04th, 2009)

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Best-seller #: 1
The Outsiders
Manufacturer: Speak



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When it was first published in 1967, The Outsiders defied convention with its immediate, deeply sympathetic portrayal of Ponyboy and his struggle to find a place for himself in a difficult world. Thirty years later, it speaks to teenagers as powerfully as ev ...


Best-seller #: 2
Speak
Manufacturer: Speak



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Melinda Sordino busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops. Now her old friends won't talk to her, and people she doesn't even know hate her from a distance. The safest place to be is alone, inside her own head. But even that's not safe. Because there ...


Best-seller #: 3
Listen to the Wind
Manufacturer: Dial



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Greg Mortenson stumbled, lost and delirious, into a remote Himalayan village after a failed climb up K2. The villagers saved his life, and he vowed to return and build them a school. The remarkable story of his promise kept is now perfect for reading aloud. ...


Best-seller #: 4
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Manufacturer: Scholastic Press



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Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in t ...


Best-seller #: 5
The Giving Tree 40th Anniversary Edition Book with CD
Manufacturer: HarperCollins



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"Once there was a tree . . . and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein.
Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples ...


Best-seller #: 6
Guess How Much I Love You
Manufacturer: Candlewick



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"Guess how much I love you," says Little Nutbrown Hare. Little Nutbrown Hare shows his daddy how much he loves him: as wide as he can reach and as far as he can hop. But Big Nutbrown Hare, who can reach farther and hop higher, loves him back just as much. We ...


Best-seller #: 7
Lawn Boy
Manufacturer: Yearling



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One day I was 12 years old and broke. Then Grandma gave me Grandpa's old riding lawnmower. I set out to mow some lawns. More people wanted me to mow their lawns. And more and more. . . . One client was Arnold the stockbroker, who offered to teach me about "t ...


Best-seller #: 8
Fancy Nancy: Explorer Extraordinaire!
Manufacturer: HarperCollins



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For the fanciest girl around, the outdoors are out of this world! Fancy Nancy and her best friend, Bree, set out to explore the fascinating world of wildflowers, trees, leaves, birds, and, of course, butterflies in their exclusively glamorous Explorers' ...


Best-seller #: 9
The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens
Manufacturer: Fireside



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Being a teenager is both wonderful and challenging. In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, author Sean Covey applies the timeless principles of the 7 Habits to teens and the tough issues and life-changing decisions they face. In an entertainin ...


Best-seller #: 10
Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines
Manufacturer: Atheneum



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Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age eleven. In the years that followed, he would regularly smoke pot, do cocaine and Ecstasy, and develop addictions to crystal meth and heroin. Even so, he felt like he would always be able to quit and put his life ...

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