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BOOK NUMBER: 98

SUBJECT MATTER: Horror fiction

TITLE: Burnt Offerings

AUTHOR: Robert Marasco

PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press

COPYRIGHT: 1973, 277 pages

Satisfying, well written horror story involving a family and a summer house rental. An easy read.

NOTE: A movie was made from this book and it is actually quite true to this story.

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BOOK NUMBER 97

SUBJECT MATTER: Politics, History

TITLE: The New Rulers

AUTHOR: John Pilger

PUBLISHER: Verso

COPYRIGHT: 2002, 246 pages

A spellbinding book that details examples of man's inhumanity to man in Australia, Iraq, Indonesia, and other places.

Well worth a read to get factual information about events misrepresented and glossed over on a routine basis.

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BOOK NUMBER: 96

SUBJECT MATTER: Political, Humor

TITLE: The Obama Diaries

AUTHOR: Laura Ingraham

PUBLISHER: Threshold Editions

COPYRIGHT: 2010, 373 pages

Enjoy this laugh out loud funny book no matter your political persuasion/stripes/bent. Ms. Ingraham has penned a hilarious read!

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BOOK NUMBER: 95
SUBJECT MATTER: Higher Education, Colleges
TITLE: Higher Education? How Colleges Are Wasting Our Money and Failing Our Kids-And What We Can Do About It
AUTHORS: Andrew Hacker, Claudia Dreifus
PUBLISHER: Henry Holt and Company
COPYRIGHT: 2010, 271 pages
An incisive, wonderfully written indictment of higher education/college in the U.S. Discussion ranges from poor teaching, to exploding costs, to college coursework titles, etc. Think you would be better off going to an "Ivy League" school? Think again. According to these authors, you are more likely to get poor instruction at those so-called elite schools. A terrific read filled with humor, anecdotes, and solutions. Takes on the issue of: what is higher education really for?

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BOOK NUMBER: 94
SUBJECT MATTER: Fiction, Mystery
TITLE: A Carribean Mystery
AUTHOR: Agatha Christie
PUBLISHER: Dodd, Mead & Company
COPYRIGHT: 1964, 245 pages
An enthralling murder mystery with plenty of twists that will keep you reading till the end. This mystery features the wonderful Miss Marple. Enjoy!

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BOOK NUMBER: 93

SUBJECT MATTER: Youth Picture Book, ABC's

TITLE: Superhero ABC

AUTHOR: Bob McLeod

PUBLISHER: Harper Collins Publishers

COPYRIGHT: 2006, 32 pages

Learn the alphabet and words for each letter with superhero characters like: "G-goo girl-who shoots great gobs of goo at gangsters", "M-Multiplying Mike-who becomes many more men in a moment", and "A-Astro man-who is always alert for an alien attack. A vivid, colorful, and dramatic book!

(The inside front and back covers are covered with the alphabet superheroes.)

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BOOK NUMBER: 92

SUBJECT MATTER: Youth fiction

TITLE: Elvis & Olive Super Detectives

AUTHOR: Stephanie Watson

PUBLISHER: Scholastic Press

COPYRIGHT: 2010, 277 pages

Nice story about two friends (9 and 10 years of age) and the various subplots surrounding their lives. Including: the girls detective-mystery solving agency, a school election, neighborhood friends, food preferences, etc. Lovely front and back cover art!