Once Upon a Galaxy: A Journal of the Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
By: Alan Arnold
4.15
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
A diary of the production of the Star Wars sequel includes interviews with the principal actors, th…
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1. Rage
By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman
3.73
Format: 131 pages, Mass Market Paperback
A disturbed high-school student with authority problems kills one of his teachers and takes the res… read more
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"Be'…"-Stephen King, Rage
"You’re on, Ted,"-Stephen King, Rage
"That was Dad's life, and I was the birdshit on his windshield."-Stephen King, Rage
"If I knew what was making me do it, I probably wouldn't have to."-Stephen King, Rage
2. Roadwork
By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman
3.60
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Barton Dawes’ unremarkable but comfortable existence suddenly takes a turn for the worst. Highway c… read more
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"Wimmern war die letzte Zuflucht unbedeutender Männer."-Stephen King, Roadwork
"The fucking you got was never worth the screwing you took."-Stephen King, Roadwork
"Das Leben schien nur eine Vorbereitung auf die Hölle zu sein."-Stephen King, Roadwork
"Haben Sie in meiner Nase gebohrt, als ich nicht hingesehen habe?"-Stephen King, Roadwork
3. The Making of Star Wars
By: J.W. Rinzler , Peter Jackson
4.56
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
After the 1973 success of American Graffiti, filmmaker George Lucas made the fateful decision to pu… read more
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4. Alien: River of Pain (Canonical Alien trilogy, #3)
By: Christopher Golden
3.84
Format: 352 pages, Mass Market Paperback
When Ellen Ripley finally returns to Earth, she learns that the planet LV-426—now called Acheron—ha… read more
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"He had learned that sometimes there was no safe path, no decision from which one could emerge unscathed. In those cases, he had been taught to take the path of honor, even if it led to pain or death"-Christopher Golden, Alien: River of Pain (Canonical Alien trilogy, #3)
5. Jaws
By: Peter Benchley
3.00
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
"Relentless terror." The Philadelphia Inquirer. The classic, blockbuster thriller of man-eating ter… read more
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6. First Blood
By: David Morrell
4.17
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
First came the man: a young wanderer in a fatigue coat and long hair. Then came the legend, as John… read more
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7. The Princess Diarist
By: Carrie Fisher
4.04
Format: 417 pages, Hardcover
The Princess Diaristis Carrie Fisher's intimate, hilarious and revealing recollection of what happe… read more
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8. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
By: Alfred Lansing
4.44
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
The harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole, on… read more
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"We had seen God in His splendors, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man."-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
"Whatever his mood—whether it was gay and breezy, or dark with rage—he had one pervading characteristic: he was purposeful."-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
"[...] "Who the hell are you?" he said at last. The man in the center stepped forward. "My name is Shackleton" he replied in a quiet voice."-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
"There once was a mouse who lived in a tavern. One night the mouse found a leaky barrel of beer, and he drank all he could hold. When the mouse had finished, he sat up, twirled his whiskers, and looke…"-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
9. Dolores Claiborne
By: Stephen King
3.00
Format: None pages, ebook
Suspected of killing Vera Donovan, her wealthy employer, Dolores Claiborne tells police the story o… read more
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10. Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
By: Colin Dickey
3.74
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history, Ghostland takes readers on a road trip through… read more
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"Surely ghosts will follow wherever there is bad record keeping"-Colin Dickey, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
"The dead are watching, whether or not we choose to listen to their stories."-Colin Dickey, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
"Our brains are hardwired to think in terms of place and to associate psychic value or meaning to the places we inhabit."-Colin Dickey, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
"A ghost story’s reduction of a complex moment or the history of building into a series of cliches is reproduced in beautifully staged photos that fetishize the past without truly representing it. “Ru…"-Colin Dickey, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
11. From a Certain Point of View
By: Beth Revis , Pierce Brown , Jeffrey Brown , Ken Liu , Rae Carson , E.K. Johnston , Sabaa Tahir , Renée Ahdieh , Matt Fraction , Kieron Gillen , Greg Rucka , Claudia Gray , Meg Cabot , Nnedi Okorafor , Christie Golden , Chuck Wendig , Madeleine Roux , Zoraida Córdova , Daniel José Older , Alexander Freed , Paul Dini , Wil Wheaton , Cavan Scott , John Jackson Miller , Gary D. Schmidt , Elizabeth Wein , Tom Angleberger , Mur Lafferty , Kelly Sue DeConnick , Paul S. Kemp , Charles Soule , Adam Christopher , Delilah S. Dawson , None , Ben Acker , Ben Blacker , Jason Fry , Ian Doescher , Pablo Hidalgo , Ashley Eckstein , Gary Whitta , Glen Weldon , Griffin McElroy , None
3.93
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Experience Star Wars: A New Hope from a whole new point of view. On May 25, 1977, the world was int… read more
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12. The Best Game Ever: Giants vs. Colts, 1958, and the Birth of the Modern NFL
By: Mark Bowden
3.78
Format: 288 pages,
On December 28, 1958, the New York Giants and Baltimore Colts met under the lights of Yankee Stadiu… read more
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13. Bloodchild and Other Stories
By: Octavia E. Butler
4.02
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
A perfect introduction for new readers and a must-have for avid fans, this New York Times Notable B… read more
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14. The Talisman (The Talisman, #1)
By: Stephen King , Peter Straub
4.12
Format: 652 pages,
On a brisk autumn day, a twelve-year-old boy stands on the shores of the gray Atlantic, near a sile… read more
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15. The Mauritius Command
By: Patrick O'Brian
3.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
"O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin volumes actually constitute a single 6,443-page novel, one that should ha… read more
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16. The Fifth Elephant (Discworld, #24; City Watch, #5)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.32
Format: 210 pages, Paperback
They say that diplomacy is a gentle art. That its finest practitioners are subtle, sophisticated in… read more
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17. Sourcery (Discworld, #5; Rincewind #3)
By: Terry Pratchett
3.26
Format: 32 pages, Mass Market Paperback
When last seen, the singularly inept wizard Rincewind had fallen off the edge of the world. Now mag… read more
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18. The Making of The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars: The Making of, #2)
By: J.W. Rinzler , Ridley Scott
3.42
Format: 8 pages, Hardcover
In this lavish thirtieth-anniversary tribute to the blockbuster film Star Wars: Episode V The Empir… read more
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19. The Nutmeg of Consolation
By: Patrick O'Brian
3.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
"[The series shows] a joy in language that jumps from every page....You're in for a wonderful voyag… read more
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20. The Art of Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith
By: J.W. Rinzler , George Lucas
2.83
Format: 288 pages,
This is second of two official tie-in books to the explosive conclusion of the Star Wars saga, Reve… read more
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21. From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (From a Certain Point of View, #2)
By: Elizabeth Schaefer
3.85
Format: 561 pages, Hardcover
From a Certain Point of View strikes back! Celebrate the legacy of the groundbreaking Star Wars seq… read more
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"Rebellions are built on hope."-Elizabeth Schaefer, From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (From a Certain Point of View, #2)
"Harmony, we seek. Reality, we accept. The future, we behold. Feel the Force and go beyond."-Elizabeth Schaefer, From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (From a Certain Point of View, #2)
"Emon braced himself, but he didn't despair. He was a rebel, and that mean that he was more than his weapon, his uniform, or his rank. He was an idea and ideas couldn't be snuffed out, not even on the…"-Elizabeth Schaefer, From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (From a Certain Point of View, #2)
22. From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (From a Certain Point of View, #3)
By: Elizabeth Schaefer
3.93
Format: 573 pages, Hardcover
Celebrate the lasting impact of Return of the Jedi with this exciting reimagining of the timeless S… read more
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23. Star Trek: Year Five, Book 1: Odyssey's End
By: Jackson Lanzing
4.07
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Join the crew of the U.S.S Enterprise in all-new adventures as they near the end of their five-year… read more
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24. Fan Fiction
By: Brent Spiner
3.52
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A Mem-Noir: Inspired by True Events From Brent Spiner, who played the beloved Lieutenant Comman… read more
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"Mr.Spiner I have many patients with autism and Asperger’s syndrome. They often have extreme difficulties with basic social interaction. For many of them, you or rather Data is their icon. Their hero."-Brent Spiner, Fan Fiction
25. Shadow Fall (Star Wars: Alphabet Squadron, #2)
By: Alexander Freed
3.72
Format: 393 pages, Hardcover
After their narrow victory over Shadow Wing, Alphabet Squadron is on the attack, hunting their adve… read more
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"I drink. I work. I do what good I can in the galaxy. I manage, Yrica Quell."-Alexander Freed, Shadow Fall (Star Wars: Alphabet Squadron, #2)
"In the years since those experiences, most every cell in your body—every atom—has been replaced and renewed. You have rebuilt yourself, both physically and mentally. You do not need to carry the guil…"-Alexander Freed, Shadow Fall (Star Wars: Alphabet Squadron, #2)
26. Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion
By: Tom Beaujour
4.07
Format: 535 pages, Hardcover
Hard rock in the 1980s was a hedonistic and often intensely creative wellspring of escapism that pe… read more
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27. Light of the Jedi
By: Charles Soule
3.93
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
Long before the First Order, before the Empire, before the Clone Wars...Jedi lit the way for the ga… read more
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"Peace without justice is flawed, hollow at its core."-Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi
"No matter what a person was on the outside. Inside, everyone was made of light."-Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi
"When someone was hurting, you did what you could to heal them. When someone was lost, you found them."-Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi
"If you said you would try to do something, people heard that as you would do something, and if you didn't achieve the goal then they thought you had failed. And blamed you for trying at all. It wasn'…"-Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi
28. The Star Wars Archives. 1977–1983
By: Paul Duncan
4.59
Format: 604 pages, Hardcover
Star Wars exploded onto our cinema screens in 1977, and the world has not been the same since. Afte… read more
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29. Once Upon a Galaxy: A Journal of the Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
By: Alan Arnold
4.15
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
A diary of the production of the Star Wars sequel includes interviews with the principal actors, th… read more
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30. The Director Should’ve Shot You: Memoirs of the Film Trade
By: Alan Dean Foster
4.23
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Few people have aggravated as many major film studios as author Alan Dean Foster. A Grand … read more
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31. Spielberg, Truffaut & Me: An Actor's Diary
By: Bob Balaban
4.10
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
The actor's diary offers a behind-the-scenes look at Steven Spielberg at work and a portrait of the… read more
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