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Sixteen-year-old tomboy Ito Miura has been chosen to play Romeo in Romeo and Juliet ! The problem? She doesn't want the male role!

So, who will be Juliet? The favorite for the part, beautiful and vain Tsugumi, must compete with the cute new transfer student, Makoto Amano. But Makoto has a secret, and if rival Tsugumi, or anyone in the school, finds out, it could ruin Makoto's life, dragging Ito down as well!]]>
184 Emura 1591165989 ճ� 2 4.11 1999 W Juliet, Vol. 1 (1)
author: Emura
name: ճ�
average rating: 4.11
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rating: 2
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Her Majesty's Dog 1 445623 200 Mick Takeuchi 0976895730 ճ� 1 3.97 2001 Her Majesty's Dog 1
author: Mick Takeuchi
name: ճ�
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2001
rating: 1
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Yurara, Vol. 1 1020767
Yurara Tsukinowa is a quiet girl who can see spirits and sense their emotions. Not wanting to seem abnormal, she hides her secret until she meets Mei Tendo and Yako Hoshino, two guys who use their spiritual powers to ward off vengeful spirits. The dormant guardian spirit in Yurara arises and a strong-willed beauty with the power to release souls emerges!

On Yurara's first day of high school, she finds her assigned seat is occupied--by a ghost! Mei and Yako cannot banish the spirit, and Yurara's other self is released...]]>
200 Chika Shiomi 1421513501 ճ� 2 3.96 2006 Yurara, Vol. 1
author: Chika Shiomi
name: ճ�
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2006
rating: 2
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<![CDATA[Highschool of the Dead, Band 1]]> 8572561
Überall auf der Welt ist ein unbekannter und tödlicher Virus ausgebrochen, der die Infizierten in torkelnde und sabbernde Zombies verwandelt. Die Notrufnummer ist dauerhaft besetzt, Handynetze lahmgelegt, Brücken und Zufahrtsstrassen militärisch abgeriegelt. Die menschliche Zivilisation steht vor einem Kollaps und noch gibt es keine Erklärung für den blitzartigen Ausbruch der vermeintlichen Seuche.

Während des Ausbruchs der unheimlichen Epidemie, befindet sich Takashi in seiner Schule und bemerkt schnell, dass nicht alles mit rechten Dingen zugeht. Kurzerhand verbarrikadiert er sich mit seiner Jugendliebe Rei auf dem Dach der Schule, um sich vor der wandelnden Leichenflut zu schützen.

Ehe die beiden sich versehen, gehören sie einer kleinen Gruppe Überlebender an: Eine im Schwertkampf ausgebildete Mitschülerin, eine mit weiblichen Reizen im Übermaß ausgestatte Schulärztin, die Tochter eines einflussreichen Politikers und ein Waffenliebender Otaku und Außenseiter komplettieren die bunt zusammengewürfelte Gruppe. Gemeinsam sagen sie den untoten Invasoren den Kampf an, in der Hoffnung eine zombiefreie Zone zu finden und der drohenden Apokalypse zu entfliehen. Dabei müssen sie jeden ihrer Schritte genau planen, denn es könnten ihre letzten sein - zumindest als Lebende!]]>
176 Daisuke Sato 3551758840 ճ� 2 3.91 2007 Highschool of the Dead, Band 1
author: Daisuke Sato
name: ճ�
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2007
rating: 2
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<![CDATA[The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play]]> 95708
Featuring a new introduction and a new section providing strategies to understand and deal with the role technology plays in procrastination today, THE NOW HABIT offers a comprehensive plan to help readers lower their stress and increase their time to enjoy guilt-free play. Dr. Fiore’s techniques will help any busy person start tasks sooner and accomplish them more quickly, without the anxiety brought on by the negative habits of procrastination and perfectionism.]]>
206 Neil A. Fiore 1585425524 ճ� 0 to-read 3.87 1988 The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play
author: Neil A. Fiore
name: ճ�
average rating: 3.87
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The Personality Code 230789
The Personality Code clearly and persuasively demonstrates how personality determines why we do what we do and how we can maximize our strengths, work smarter with others, and profit from better relationships in our careers.

Based on the IDISC(tm) Personality Profile-an updated and rigorously validated proprietary version of DISC, the world's most popular form of personality testing-the book provides insights and strategies for individuals and organizations that promote self-awareness and foster excellence.

Readers will have free access to the online IDISC(tm) Personality Profile (each book will include a unique code number), which will reveal their own profiles from among the fourteen personality types that have been refined and defined through the author's decade-long international study involving more than five hundred thousand participants.

Travis Bradberry shows readers how to discern the fixed characteristics that explain three-quarters of human behavior. Most important, they will learn how to leverage these traits in order to capitalize on their strengths and sidestep weaknesses in themselves as well as in other people.]]>
224 Travis Bradberry 0399154116 ճ� 0 to-read 3.96 2007 The Personality Code
author: Travis Bradberry
name: ճ�
average rating: 3.96
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<![CDATA[Wild Ones, Vol. 1 (Wild Ones, #1)]]> 2309720

Sachie Wakamura just lost her mother, and her estranged grandfather has shown up to take care of her. The only problem is that grandpa is the head of a yakuza gang! Too scared to join her new family, Sachie tries to continue living her normal life. She can't run far though, since one of the most popular guys in school is part of her grandfather's gang and her new protector. No one at school knows about Rakuto's hidden life, and soon Sachie finds herself falling for her bodyguard. But she's the granddaughter of Rakuto's boss, and he can never show his feelings for her. Can Sachie find a way to fit into her new family and grab her chance at love?

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200 Kiyo Fujiwara 1421515881 ճ� 2 4.04 2005 Wild Ones, Vol. 1 (Wild Ones, #1)
author: Kiyo Fujiwara
name: ճ�
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2005
rating: 2
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<![CDATA[Alice in the Country of Hearts, Vol. 1 (Alice in the Country of Hearts, #1)]]> 6612005 182 QuinRose 1427817693 ճ� 2 4.20 2008 Alice in the Country of Hearts, Vol. 1 (Alice in the Country of Hearts, #1)
author: QuinRose
name: ճ�
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2008
rating: 2
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<![CDATA[MeruPuri, Vol. 1 (MeruPuri, #1)]]> 1157452
On the way to school one morning, Airi loses her mirror - one that had been passed down to her through generations - and suddenly finds herself in a bizarre situation. Never in her wildest dreams did she expect Aram, a little boy from a magical kingdom, to have emerged from the mirror in the short time it took her to track it down!]]>
192 Matsuri Hino 1421501201 ճ� 2 4.11 2002 MeruPuri, Vol. 1 (MeruPuri, #1)
author: Matsuri Hino
name: ճ�
average rating: 4.11
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rating: 2
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<![CDATA[Fushigi Yûgi: Genbu Kaiden, Vol. 01 (Fushigi Yûgi: Genbu Kaiden, #1)]]> 975461
In her first encounter, she meets the mysterious outlaw Limdo, a Celestial Warrior with a tattoo of the Chinese character for "woman" on his chest. Limdo can not only summon the wind as one of his special powers, but he can also transform into a woman!

Takiko meets up with the bowman, Chamka, who is hunting Limbdo. It seems Chamka is one of the seven Celestial Warriors as well...]]>
189 Yuu Watase 1591168961 ճ� 1 4.13 2004 Fushigi Yûgi: Genbu Kaiden, Vol. 01 (Fushigi Yûgi: Genbu Kaiden, #1)
author: Yuu Watase
name: ճ�
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2004
rating: 1
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Wanted 2400167
� Vampire Knight and MeruPuri combined have sold through over 150k units in the U.S. to date.

� To be previewed and promoted in the August 2008 issue of Shojo Beat magazine.

� Japanese fans have been asking for a sequel.

In the Mediterranean at end of the 17th century, former songstress Armeria disguises herself as a boy and boards the ship of the pirate Skulls--the man who kidnapped Luce, her first love. Captain Skulls is arrogant, violent, and a skirt chaser! And unfortunately for Armeria, he discovers she's a woman...

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208 Matsuri Hino 1421519348 ճ� 2 4.08 2005 Wanted
author: Matsuri Hino
name: ճ�
average rating: 4.08
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<![CDATA[Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 1 (Library Wars: Love & War, #1)]]> 7338243
Iku Kasahara has dreamed of joining the Library Defense Force ever since one of its soldiers stepped in to protect her favorite book from being confiscated in a bookstore when she was younger. But now that she's finally a recruit, she's finding her dream job to be a bit of a nightmare. Especially since her hard-hearted drill instructor seems to have it in for her!]]>
192 Kiiro Yumi 1421534886 ճ� 1 3.96 2008 Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 1 (Library Wars: Love & War, #1)
author: Kiiro Yumi
name: ճ�
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2008
rating: 1
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<![CDATA[Marmalade Boy, Vol. 1 (Marmalade Boy, #1)]]> 780769 197 Wataru Yoshizumi 2723437221 ճ� 1 3.95 1992 Marmalade Boy, Vol. 1 (Marmalade Boy, #1)
author: Wataru Yoshizumi
name: ճ�
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1992
rating: 1
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<![CDATA[Gakuen Alice, Vol. 01 (Gakuen Alice, #1)]]> 1753714 192 Tachibana Higuchi 1427803196 ճ� 2 4.25 2003 Gakuen Alice, Vol. 01 (Gakuen Alice, #1)
author: Tachibana Higuchi
name: ճ�
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2003
rating: 2
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Chibi Vampire, Vol. 01 1819632 176 Yuna Kagesaki 1598163221 ճ� 1 4.01 2003 Chibi Vampire, Vol. 01
author: Yuna Kagesaki
name: ճ�
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2003
rating: 1
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<![CDATA[Ceres: Celestial Legend, Vol. 1: Aya]]> 865029 208 Yuu Watase 1569319804 ճ� 1 3.90 1996 Ceres: Celestial Legend, Vol. 1: Aya
author: Yuu Watase
name: ճ�
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1996
rating: 1
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Beauty Pop, Vol. 1 1003761 Scissors Project at school. Determined to become the best makeover team in Japan, they give showy makeovers to handpicked girls. As much as Kiri tries to shy away from the Scissors Project spotlight, she finds herself responding to beauty's call...

Kiri's friend Kanako gives a present to one of the members of the Scissors Project. Her act of kindness is interpreted as a bribe to get a makeover, and they reject her out of hand for being too ugly. Kiri decides to help Kanako and give the boys a lesson in what true beauty is.]]>
200 Kiyoko Arai 1421505754 ճ� 2 4.15 2004 Beauty Pop, Vol. 1
author: Kiyoko Arai
name: ճ�
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2004
rating: 2
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Zombie-Loan, Vol. 1 1070555 190 Peach-Pit 0759523533 ճ� 4 3.88 2003 Zombie-Loan, Vol. 1
author: Peach-Pit
name: ճ�
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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<![CDATA[Deadman Wonderland, Vol. 1 (Deadman Wonderland, #1)]]> 6606855 248 Jinsei Kataoka 1427817413 ճ� 4 4.17 2007 Deadman Wonderland, Vol. 1 (Deadman Wonderland, #1)
author: Jinsei Kataoka
name: ճ�
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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Soul Eater, Vol. 1 6406018 208 Atsushi Ohkubo 0759530017 ճ� 3 4.31 2004 Soul Eater, Vol. 1
author: Atsushi Ohkubo
name: ճ�
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2004
rating: 3
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Full Moon o Sagashite, Vol. 1 569346 208 Arina Tanemura 1591169283 ճ� 1 4.07 2002 Full Moon o Sagashite, Vol. 1
author: Arina Tanemura
name: ճ�
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2002
rating: 1
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High School Debut, Vol. 1 1896346 179 Kazune Kawahara 1421514818 ճ� 2 4.11 2004 High School Debut, Vol. 1
author: Kazune Kawahara
name: ճ�
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2004
rating: 2
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<![CDATA[Beast Master, Vol. 1 (Beast Master, #1)]]> 6419566 Reads R to L (Japanese Style). Taming a Beast was never this dangerous!

Leo Aoi looks like a crazy animal with wild eyes--and no one at his new high school will go near him! He does seem to have a special connection with animals though, which intrigues overzealous animal-lover Yuiko Kubozuka. In reality, Leo isn't as frightening as he appears, but Yuiko finds out that he goes berserk whenever he sees blood! Will Yuiko be able to get through to Leo during these violent fits? Or will Leo's ferocious side eventually devour her?

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192 Kyousuke Motomi 1421532018 ճ� 2 4.18 2001 Beast Master, Vol. 1 (Beast Master, #1)
author: Kyousuke Motomi
name: ճ�
average rating: 4.18
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rating: 2
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<![CDATA[One Piece, Volume 1: Romance Dawn (One Piece, #1)]]> 1237398 207 Eiichiro Oda 1569319014 ճ� 0 to-read 4.49 1997 One Piece, Volume 1: Romance Dawn (One Piece, #1)
author: Eiichiro Oda
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average rating: 4.49
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Skip Beat!, Vol. 1 282282
Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he’s casting her out now that he’s famous! Kyoko won’t suffer in silence—she’s going to get her sweet revenge by beating Sho in show biz!

Kyoko knows she's not plain and uninteresting, no matter what Sho says. With the help of a little makeover, Kyoko's ready to exact her revenge. But first she needs to land an audition, and she sets her sights on the agency where Sho's lead rival works. Her persistence pays off, but her broken heart turns out to be a disadvantage. Kyoko has lost the will to love anybody, let alone fans she's never met. Can the agency see past this problem to Kyoko's true star potential?

Chapters: 1-5]]>
184 Yoshiki Nakamura 1421505851 ճ� 2 4.26 2002 Skip Beat!, Vol. 1
author: Yoshiki Nakamura
name: ճ�
average rating: 4.26
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rating: 2
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<![CDATA[Vampire Knight, Vol. 1 (Vampire Knight, #1)]]> 263145 192 Matsuri Hino 1421508222 ճ� 1 4.06 2005 Vampire Knight, Vol. 1 (Vampire Knight, #1)
author: Matsuri Hino
name: ճ�
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2005
rating: 1
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Chobits, Vol. 1 667985
Chapters 1-12]]>
184 Clamp 1931514925 ճ� 1 4.05 2001 Chobits, Vol. 1
author: Clamp
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average rating: 4.05
book published: 2001
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<![CDATA[Red River, Vol. 1 (Red River, #1)]]> 357399 188 Chie Shinohara 159116429X ճ� 3 4.23 1995 Red River, Vol. 1 (Red River, #1)
author: Chie Shinohara
name: ճ�
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1995
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[Magic Knight Rayearth I, Vol. 1 (Magic Knight Rayearth I, #1)]]> 62309 203 Clamp 1591820820 ճ� 2 4.10 1994 Magic Knight Rayearth I, Vol. 1 (Magic Knight Rayearth I, #1)
author: Clamp
name: ճ�
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1994
rating: 2
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<![CDATA[Cardcaptor Sakura: Master of the Clow, Vol. 1 (Cardcaptor Sakura, #7)]]> 229149
Once upon a magic night, an English sorcerer mixed Western wizardry with Eastern enchantments to create a magical deck of cards called the Clow Cards. These cards were hidden inside a dusty old book for decades, their powers virtually wasted. Then one fateful day, a young girl named Sakura Kinomoto discovered the book in her father's library. When she opened it, however, the Clow Cards were gone—and so was life as she knew it. The book's magical guardian, a diminutive winged lion, named Sakura the Cardcaptor, and after many exciting adventures, she finally retrieved all of the cards. Now Sakura has earned the title Master of the Clow.

An ominous force is brewing in Tomoeda. New enchantments are popping up all over the city, and Sakura's Clow Cards seem completely unable to stop them. But when Sakura taps into her inner power to fuel the Clow Cards, she unlocks a new magic of her own creation. Thus begins this 10-year-old's quest to become the greatest magician in the world!]]>
183 Clamp 1892213753 ճ� 2 4.35 1998 Cardcaptor Sakura: Master of the Clow, Vol. 1 (Cardcaptor Sakura, #7)
author: Clamp
name: ճ�
average rating: 4.35
book published: 1998
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<![CDATA[Naruto, Vol. 1: Uzumaki Naruto (Naruto, #1)]]> 204042
UZUMAKI NARUTO

Twelve years ago the Village Hidden in the Leaves was attacked by a fearsome threat. A nine-tailed fox spirit claimed the life of the village leader, the Hokage, and many others. Today, the village is at peace, and a troublemaking kid named Naruto is struggling to graduate from Ninja Academy. His goal may be to become Hokage, but his true destiny will be much more complicated. The adventure begins now!]]>
187 Masashi Kishimoto 1569319006 ճ� 4 4.41 2000 Naruto, Vol. 1: Uzumaki Naruto (Naruto, #1)
author: Masashi Kishimoto
name: ճ�
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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<![CDATA[Sailor Moon, Vol. 1 (Sailor Moon, #1)]]> 500503 Librarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here.

One of the most-beloved of all Japanese manga titles, Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon has enthralled millions of readers worldwide since its debut in book form in early 1992. When Usagi Tsukino adopts a stray cat, she gets more than she bargains for The talking cat, Luna, informs Usagi that she is actually Sailor Moon, a magical princess from the future and protector of the Solar System. With the help of her new friends, the Sailor Scouts, and the mysterious Tuxedo Mask, Sailor Moon embarks on a quest to save us all from the evil powers of the Negaverse.]]>
200 Naoko Takeuchi 189221301X ճ� 3 4.33 1992 Sailor Moon, Vol. 1 (Sailor Moon, #1)
author: Naoko Takeuchi
name: ճ�
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1992
rating: 3
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<![CDATA[D.N.Angel, Vol. 1 (D.N.Angel, #1)]]> 475276 184 Yukiru Sugisaki 159182799X ճ� 2 4.01 1997 D.N.Angel, Vol. 1 (D.N.Angel, #1)
author: Yukiru Sugisaki
name: ճ�
average rating: 4.01
book published: 1997
rating: 2
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<![CDATA[Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 1 (Ouran High School Host Club, #1)]]> 1087204
One day, Haruhi, a scholarship student at exclusive Ouran High School, breaks an $80,000 vase that belongs to the "Host Club," a mysterious campus group consisting of six super-rich (and gorgeous) guys. To pay back the damages, she is forced to work for the club, and it's there that she discovers just how wealthy the boys are and how different they are from everybody else.]]>
178 Bisco Hatori 1591169151 ճ� 2 4.38 2003 Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 1 (Ouran High School Host Club, #1)
author: Bisco Hatori
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average rating: 4.38
book published: 2003
rating: 2
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If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) 4374400 208 Gayle Forman 0525421033 ճ� 0 to-read 3.92 2009 If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)
author: Gayle Forman
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average rating: 3.92
book published: 2009
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<![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)]]> 3 309 J.K. Rowling 0439554934 ճ� 0 to-read 4.47 1997 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
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average rating: 4.47
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The Fault in Our Stars 11870085
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.]]>
313 John Green ճ� 0 to-read 4.13 2012 The Fault in Our Stars
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<![CDATA[Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time]]> 84699
Climb the ladder to personal success?

The secret, master networker Keith Ferrazzi claims, is in reaching out to other people. As Ferrazzi discovered early in life, what distinguishes highly successful people from everyone else is the way they use the power of relationships—so that everyone wins.

In Never Eat Alone , Ferrazzi lays out the specific steps—and inner mindset—he uses to reach out to connect with the thousands of colleagues, friends, and associates on his Rolodex, people he has helped and who have helped him.

The son of a small-town steelworker and a cleaning lady, Ferrazzi first used his remarkable ability to connect with others to pave the way to a scholarship at Yale, a Harvard MBA, and several top executive posts. Not yet out of his thirties, he developed a network of relationships that stretched from Washington’s corridors of power to Hollywood’s A-list, leading to him being named one of Crain’s 40 Under 40 and selected as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the Davos World Economic Forum.

Ferrazzi's form of connecting to the world around him is based on generosity, helping friends connect with other friends. Ferrazzi distinguishes genuine relationship-building from the crude, desperate glad-handling usually associated with “networking.� He then distills his system of reaching out to people into practical, proven principles. Among them:

Don’t keep score: It’s never simply about getting what you want. It’s about getting what you want and making sure that the people who are important to you get what they want, too.

“Ping� constantly: The Ins and Outs of reaching out to those in your circle of contacts all the time—not just when you need something.

Never eat alone: The dynamics of status are the same whether you’re working at a corporation or attending a society event� “invisibility� is a fate worse than failure.

In the course of the book, Ferrazzi outlines the timeless strategies shared by the world’s most connected individuals, from Katherine Graham to Bill Clinton, Vernon Jordan to the Dalai Lama.

Chock full of specific advice on handling rejection, getting past gatekeepers, becoming a “conference commando,� and more, Never Eat Alone is destined to take its place alongside How to Win Friends and Influence People as an inspirational classic.]]>
309 Keith Ferrazzi 0385512058 ճ� 0 to-read 3.84 Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
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<![CDATA[How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading]]> 567610 How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. And now it has been completely rewritten and updated.

You are told about the various levels of reading and how to achieve them � from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading, you learn how to pigeonhole a book, X-ray it, extract the author's message, criticize. You are taught the different reading techniques for reading practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science.

Finally, the authors offer a recommended reading list and supply reading tests whereby you can measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension and speed.

This a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780671212094

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442 Mortimer J. Adler ճ� 0 to-read 3.97 1940 How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
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<![CDATA[The Definitive Book of Body Language]]> 262731
It is a scientific fact that people’s gestures give away their true intentions. Yet most of us don’t know how to read body language–and don’t realize how our own physical movements speak to others. Now the world’s foremost experts on the subject share their techniques for reading body language signals to achieve success in every area of life.

Drawing upon more than thirty years in the field, as well as cutting-edge research from evolutionary biology, psychology, and medical technologies that demonstrate what happens in the brain, the authors examine each component of body language and give you the basic vocabulary to read attitudes and emotions through behavior.

Discover:
� How palms and handshakes are used to gain control
� The most common gestures of liars
� How the legs reveal what the mind wants to do
� The most common male and female courtship gestures and signals
� The secret signals of cigarettes, glasses, and makeup
� The magic of smiles–including smiling advice for women
� How to use nonverbal cues and signals to communicate more effectively and get the reactions you want

Filled with fascinating insights, humorous observations, and simple strategies that you can apply to any situation, this intriguing book will enrich your communication with and understanding of others–as well as yourself.]]>
400 Allan Pease ճ� 0 to-read 3.97 1994 The Definitive Book of Body Language
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<![CDATA[Now, Discover Your Strengths: The revolutionary Gallup program that shows you how to develop your unique talents and strengths]]> 56452
Many people have little sense of their talents and strengths, much less the ability to build their lives around them. Instead, they are raised and taught to become experts in their weaknesses � and spend their lives trying to fix them � while their strengths lie dormant.

Led by Don Clifton, the Father of Strengths-Based Psychology, Gallup created a revolutionary program to help people identify their talents; develop them into strengths; and enjoy consistent, near-perfect performance. Twenty years ago, Gallup released Now, Discover Your Strengths to bring this program to the world.

At the heart of this book is CliftonStrengths, the assessment that is the product of decades of research and hundreds of thousands of interviews to identify the most prevalent human strengths. CliftonStrengths reveals 34 dominant talent themes that you can translate into personal and career success. To develop this assessment, Gallup conducted psychological profiles with more than 2 million individuals to help people around the world focus and perfect these themes. Since Now, Discover Your Strengths was first released two decades ago, more than 20 million people worldwide have taken the CliftonStrengths assessment.

The 20th anniversary edition includes a unique access code to take CliftonStrengths � previously known as StrengthsFinder 2.0 � which is a significantly more robust program than the assessment that appeared in the original edition of the book. This web-based assessment analyzes your instinctive reactions and immediately presents you with your top five themes.

Once you know which of the 34 themes you lead with � such as Achiever, Activator, Empathy, Futuristic and Strategic � the book will show you how to use your top themes for your own development, for your success as a manager and for the success of your organization.

With accessible and profound insights into how to turn talents into strengths, and with immediate online feedback from the CliftonStrengths assessment at its core, Now, Discover Your Strengths is one of the most groundbreaking and powerful business books ever written.]]>
320 Gallup 0743201140 ճ� 0 to-read 3.97 2001 Now, Discover Your Strengths: The revolutionary Gallup program that shows you how to develop your unique talents and strengths
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<![CDATA[How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships]]> 35210 "You'll not only break the ice, you'll melt it away with your new skills." -- Larry King

"The lost art of verbal communication may be revitalized by Leil Lowndes." -- Harvey McKay, author of "How to Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive"

What is that magic quality makes some people instantly loved and respected? Everyone wants to be their friend (or, if single, their lover!) In business, they rise swiftly to the top of the corporate ladder. What is their "Midas touch?"

What it boils down to is a more skillful way of dealing with people.

The author has spent her career teaching people how to communicate for success. In her book How to Talk to Anyone (Contemporary Books, October 2003) Lowndes offers 92 easy and effective sure-fire success techniques-- she takes the reader from first meeting all the way up to sophisticated techniques used by the big winners in life. In this information-packed book you'll find:


9 ways to make a dynamite first impression 14 ways to master small talk, "big talk," and body language 14 ways to walk and talk like a VIP or celebrity 6 ways to sound like an insider in any crowd 7 ways to establish deep subliminal rapport with anyone 9 ways to feed someone's ego (and know when NOT to!) 11 ways to make your phone a powerful communications tool 15 ways to work a party like a politician works a room 7 ways to talk with tigers and not get eaten alive
In her trademark entertaining and straight-shooting style, Leil gives the techniques catchy names so you'll remember them when you really need them, including: "Rubberneck the Room," "Be a Copyclass," "Come Hither Hands," "Bare Their Hot Button," "The Great Scorecard in the Sky," and "Play the Tombstone Game," for big success in your social life, romance, and business.

How to Talk to Anyone, which is an update of her popular book, Talking the Winner's Way (see the 5-star reviews of the latter) is based on solid research about techniques that work!

By the way, don't confuse How to Talk to Anyone with one of Leil's previous books, How to Talk to Anybody About Anything. This one is completely different!]]>
345 Leil Lowndes 007141858X ճ� 0 to-read 3.68 1998 How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships
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Strengths Finder 2.0 56454 Do You Do What You Do Best Every Day?


Chances are, you don't. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths.


To help people uncover their talents, Gallup introduced StrengthsFinder in the 2001 management book Now, Discover Your Strengths. The book ignited a global conversation, while StrengthsFinder helped millions discover their top five talents.


In StrengthsFinder 2.0, Gallup unveils the new and improved version of its popular online assessment. With hundreds of strategies for applying your strengths, StrengthsFinder 2.0 will change the way you look at yourself and the world forever.]]>
174 Tom Rath 159562015X ճ� 0 to-read 3.94 2007 Strengths Finder 2.0
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<![CDATA[The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide]]> 783127 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 entertaining style, Covey provides a step-by-step guide to help teens improve self-image, build friendships, resist peer pressure, achieve their goals, get along with their parents, and much more. In addition, this book is stuffed with cartoons, clever ideas, great quotes, and incredible stories about real teens from all over the world. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens will engage teenagers unlike any other book.

An indispensable book for teens, as well as parents, grandparents, and any adult who influences young people, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is destined to become the last word on surviving and thriving as a teen and beyond.

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268 Sean Covey 0684856093 ճ� 3 4.04 1997 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide
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The Art of Happiness 38210 322 Dalai Lama XIV 1573221112 ճ� 0 to-read 4.17 1998 The Art of Happiness
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Love & Misadventure 18003300
Beautifully illustrated and thoughtfully conceived, Love and Misadventure will take you on a roller-coaster ride through an ill-fated love affair—from the initial butterflies to the soaring heights—through to the devastating plunge. Lang Leav has an unnerving ability to see inside the hearts and minds of her readers. Her talent for translating complex emotions with astonishing simplicity has won her a cult following of devoted fans from all over the world.]]>
176 Lang Leav 0473235501 ճ� 5 3.94 2013 Love & Misadventure
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<![CDATA[Ranma ½, Vol. 1 (Ranma ½ (US 2nd), #1)]]> 23686
When a panda and a girl in Chinese clothes arrive at the Tendo dojo, everyone is confused, but no one more so than patriarch Soun, who had been expecting his old friend Genma and his son Ranma, who is supposed to marry one of Soun's daughters to carry on the family business.
Turns out, Genma and Ranma have both been cursed to change shape when hit with cold water and turn back when hit with hot. What could possibly go wrong?]]>
304 Rumiko Takahashi 1569319626 ճ� 5 4.17 1987 Ranma ½, Vol. 1 (Ranma ½ (US 2nd), #1)
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<![CDATA[Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom (Death Note, #1)]]> 13615
Boredom
Light tests the boundaries of the Death Note's powers as L and the police begin to close in. Luckily, Light's father is the head of the Japanese National Police Agency and leaves vital information about the case lying around the house. With access to his father's files, Light can keep one step ahead of the authorities. But who is the strange man following him, and how can Light guard against enemies whose names he doesn't know?]]>
195 Tsugumi Ohba 1421501686 ճ� 5 4.47 2004 Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom (Death Note, #1)
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Attack on Titan, Vol. 1 13154150
For the past century, what's left of mankind has hidden in a giant, three-walled city, trapped in fear of the bizarre, giant humanoids known as the Titans. Little is known about where they came from or why they are bent on consuming humankind, but the sudden appearance of an enormous Titan is about to change everything...]]>
193 Hajime Isayama 1612620248 ճ� 4 4.48 2010 Attack on Titan, Vol. 1
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<![CDATA[The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye]]> 138398 The world we knew is gone.

How many hours are in a day when you don't spend half of them watching television? When is the last time any of us really worked to get something we wanted? How long has it been since any of us really needed something that we wanted?

The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living.

In a matter of months society has crumbled: no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. In a world ruled by the dead, the survivors are forced to finally start living.

Rick Grimes finds himself one of the few survivors in this terrifying future. A couple months ago he was a small town cop who had never fired a shot and only ever saw one dead body. Separated from his family, he must now sort through all the death and confusion to try and find his wife and son.

Edition MSRP: $9⁹⁹ US (ISBN 978-1-58240-672-5)
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144 Robert Kirkman 1582406723 ճ� 0 to-read 4.27 2004 The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
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<![CDATA[How to Win Friends & Influence People]]> 4865
Since its release in 1936, How to Win Friends and Influence People has sold more than 30 million copies. Dale Carnegie's first book is a timeless bestseller, packed with rock-solid advice that has carried thousands of now famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives.

As relevant as ever before, Dale Carnegie's principles endure, and will help you achieve your maximum potential in the complex and competitive modern age.

Learn the six ways to make people like you, the twelve ways to win people to your way of thinking, and the nine ways to change people without arousing resentment.]]>
288 Dale Carnegie ճ� 0 to-read 4.22 1936 How to Win Friends & Influence People
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<![CDATA[The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business]]> 12609433 375 Charles Duhigg 1400069289 ճ� 0 to-read 4.13 2012 The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
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