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A mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night… Two teenage boys crash a party and meet the girls of their dreams — and nightmares… In a Hugo Award–winning story, a great detective must solve a most unsettling royal murder in a strangely altered Victorian England… These marvelous creations and more showcase the unparalleled invention and storytelling brilliance — and the terrifyingly dark and entertaining wit — of the incomparable Neil Gaiman.

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Pride and Prejudice has taken its place as one of the greatest television productions of all time. The landmark adaptation from A&E and the BBC captured the hearts of millions by seamlessly translating the wit, romance, and intelligence of Jane Austen’s classic novel to the screen.

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Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to.

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Includes:

• The Man Comes Around
• Hurt
• I Hung My Head
• We’ll Meet Again

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Heath Ledger stars as William Thatcher, a low-born 14th century squire who, in a fit of inspired spontaneity, replaces his deceased employer as the competitor at a jousting competition. Jousting is a pastime only permitted to knights, who are of noble birth, but Thatcher wins and decides to continue his new pursuits. With the help of his two fellow squire friends Wat and Roland, and none other than the gambling-addicted Geoffrey Chaucer, Thatcher has soon adopted a false identity and is winning one joust after another on his way to a championship in London.

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The Birth House is the story of Dora Rare, the first daughter to be born in five generations of Rares. As a child in an isolated village in Nova Scotia, she is drawn to Miss Babineau, an outspoken Acadian midwife with a gift for healing. Dora becomes Miss B.’s apprentice, and together they help the women of Scots Bay through infertility, difficult labours, breech births, unwanted pregnancies and even unfulfilling sex lives. Filled with details as compelling as they are surprising, The Birth House is an unforgettable tale of the struggles women have faced to have control of their own bodies and to keep the best parts of tradition alive in the world of modern medicine.

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In If You Want to Write, Brenda Ueland sets forth not just a philosophy about how to write or how to create, but also about how to live. Beginning writers will certainly be encouraged by Ueland’s words, but even the most experienced have much to glean from Ueland’s simple wisdom.

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Includes:

• Bad Moon Rising
• Fortunate Son
• Lookin’ Out My Back Door
• Have You Ever Seen The Rain?

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Based on the King Of Horror’s 1986 Best Seller, It is a jittery, jolting excursion into personal fear. It raises goosebumps-and brings out the stars. Harry Anderson, Dennis Christopher, Annette O’Toole, Tim Reid, John Ritter, Tim Curry and Richard Thomas star in this thriller about a malevolent force in a small New England town.

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