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Punahou Blues

by Kirby Wright

Published: 2005-05-06

Paperback: 232 pages

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Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes

by Alfie Kohn

Published: 1999-09

Paperback: 448 pages

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The basic strategy we use for raising children, teaching students, and managing workers can be summarized in six words: Do this and you'll get that. We dangle goodies (from candy bars to sales commissions) in front of people in much the same way we train the family pet. Drawing on a wealth...

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The Puppet Maker's Bones

by Alisa Tangredi

Published: 2012-04-04

Paperback: 266 pages

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An angel of Death in Los Angeles: A psychopath kills a young boy, a quiet teen, then an entire family before setting his murderous desires on Mr. Trusnik, an elderly shut-in from across the street. But Mr. Trusnik is not like other people. Although very old, he is far from helpless. He is an angel of...

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Puppy Chow Is Better Than Prozac: The True Story of a Man and the Dog Who Saved His Life

by Bruce Goldstein

Published: 2008-03-10

Hardcover: 288 pages

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Meet Ozzy. For the suicidally depressed author, this furry antidepressant came with only one side effect--unconditional, slobbery love. To Bruce Goldstein--an edgy, twenty-something New Yorker trying to make his mark in advertising--just waking up in the morning was an ordeal. Underemplo...

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The Puppy That Came for Christmas: How a Dog Brought One Family the Gift of Joy

by Megan Rix

Published: 2011-10-25

Paperback: 256 pages

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Marley, Oogy, Huck-and now, Traffy, the "forever dog" that changed one couple's life. All Megan Rix ever wanted was a baby. Yet, month after month, Megan's dreams were dashed. Would her life ever feel complete?Megan and her husband, Ian, found a surprising answer when they began trainin...

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Pure

by Andrew Miller

Published: 2012-05-29

Paperback: 331 pages

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Jean-Baptiste Baratte, an engineer of modest origin, arrives in the city in 1785, charged by the King’s minister with emptying the overflowing cemetery of Les Innocents, a ancient site whose stench is poisoning the neighborhood’s air and water and leaving a vile taste in its inhabitant...

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Pure

by Julianna Baggott

Published: 2012-09-04

Paperback: 431 pages

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We know you are here, our brothers and sisters . . . Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about life during the Before. In her sleeping cabinet behind the rubble of an old barbershop where she lives with her grandfather, she thinks about what is lost--how the world went from am...

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* * * * Dramatic,
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Pure

by Julianna Baggott

Published: 2012-02-08

Hardcover: 448 pages

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We know you are here, our brothers and sisters . . . Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about life during the Before. In her sleeping cabinet behind the rubble of an old barbershop where she lives with her grandfather, she thinks about what is lost-how the world went from amu...

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Pure Drivel

by Steve Martin

Published: 1999-10-06

Paperback: 128 pages

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Steve Martins talent has always defied definition: a seasoned actor, a razor-sharp screenwriter, an acclaimed playwright, and, of course, the ingenious comedian who turned King Tut into a national craze. In this widely praised collection of humourous riffs, Martin shows he is also a master...

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The Pure Land

by Alan Spence

Published: 2007-11-10

Paperback: 432 pages

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The Pure Land resurrects the dramatic life of Thomas Glover, the Scottish businessman who helped overthrow the shogun and whose tumultuous love affairs inspired the opera Madame Butterfly and the musical Miss Saigon. Alan Spence has transformed this true story into an unforgettable hundred...