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Cloud Atlas Hardcover

Saturday, September 17th, 2011

The Cloud Atlas

$8.59

Set against the magnificent backdrop of Alaska in the waning days of World War II, The Cloud Atlas is an enthralling debut novel, a story of adventure and awakening and of a young soldier who came to Alaska on an extraordinary, top-secret missionand found a world that would haunt him forever. Drifting through the night, whisper-quiet, they were the most sublime manifestations of a desperate enemy: Japanese balloon bombs. Made of rice paper, at once ingenious and deadly, they sailed thousands of miles across the Pacific…and once they started landing, the U.S. scrambled teams to find and defuse them, and then keep them secret from an already anxious public. Eighteen-year-old Louis Belk was one of those men. Dispatched to the Alaskan frontier, young Sergeant Belk was better trained in bomb disposal than in keeping secrets. And the mysteries surrounding his mission only increased when he met his superior officer a brutal veteran OSS spy hunter who knew all too well what the balloons could do and Lily, a Yup’ik Eskimo woman who claimed she could see the future. Louis’s superior ushers him into a world of dark secrets; Lily introduces Louis to an equally disorienting world of spirits and desire. But the world that finally tests them all is Alaska, whose vastness cloaks mysteries that only become more frightening as they unravel. Chasing after the ghostly floating weapons, Louis embarks upon an adventure that will lead him deep into the tundra. There, on the edge of the endless wilderness, he will make a discovery and a choice that will change the course of his life. At once a heart-quickening mystery and a unique love story, The Cloud Atlas is also a haunting, lyrical rendering of a little-known chapter in history. Brilliantly imagined, beautifully told, this is storytelling at its very best. From the Hardcover edition.

Cloud Atlas: A Novel

$9.89

Cloud Atlas: A Novel

Cloud Atlas

$114.99

Debra Scolari Cloud Atlas – Framed Art Print

Atlas

$10

Atlas

Cloud Atlas : A Novel

$10.97

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The Ultimate Interactive Atlas Of Space [Hardcover]

$17.99

The Ultimate Interactive Atlas Of Space [Hardcover] Pop-Ups, Pull-Tabs, Wheels, and FlapsLearn all about the Universe with this stunningly visual atlas of Space. Embark on a journey around the planets of the Solar System. Investigate the stars, comets, black holes, and Milky Way. Pull-tabs, wheel, flaps and an impressive 3-D satellite orbit pop-up accompany amazing facts and pictures of some of the most dramatic scenes in space. The Ultimate Interactive Atlas of Space is the ideal guide to the Universe. Features: Reading level: Ages 9-12 Hardcover: 48 pages Publisher: Scholastic Reference (November 1, 2008) Language: English

Superman The Coming of Atlas Hardcover Graphic Novel

$19.99

The story continues! Don’t miss a thing! Add to your collection! Titans clash in this first hardcover collection of Superman tales from fan-favorite writer James Robinson ( Starman! ) Featuring Superman #677-680, this is the battle to end all others as Superman faces off with Atlas, lost god of myth. And when Atlas stakes a claim on Metropolis, it’s up to Superman and Krypto to take Atlas down. As a bonus, this collection also includes First Issue Special #1, the 1975 tale by Jack “King” Kirby that introduced Atlas! 128 pages.

Cloud Of Sparrows

$5.89

Once in a great while a new novelist comes along who dazzles us with rare eloquence and humanity, with flawless storytelling and a unique understanding of another place and time. Takashi Matsuoka is just such a writer. His magnificent new novel, set amid the violence and beauty of nineteenth-century Japan, takes us beyond the epic tradition of James Clavell’s Shogun and into a majestic realm of samurai and geishas, ninjas and Zen masters. Brilliantly imagined, gloriously written, Cloud of Sparrows is at once a sweeping historical adventure and a love story of almost unbearable poignancy. It is storytelling on the grand scale from a novelist of astounding depth and grace. Cloud of Sparrows It is the dawn of the New Year, 1861. After two centuries of isolation, Japan has been forced to open its doors to the West, igniting a clash of cultures and generations. And as foreign ships threaten to rain destruction on the Shogun’s castle in Edo, a small group of American missionaries has chosen this time to spread the word of their God. Among them, Emily Gibson, a woman seeking redemption from a tormented past, and Matthew Stark, a cold-eyed killer with one more death on his mind. Neither realizes that their future in Japan has already been foreseen. For a young nobleman, Lord Genji, has dreamt that his life will be saved by an outsider in the New Year. Widely reviled as a dilettante, Lord Genji has one weapon with which to inspire awe. In his family, one in every generation is said to have the gift of prophecy. And what Lord Genji sees has struck fear in many around him. As the Shogun’s secret police chief plots Genji’s death–and the utter destruction of his entire clan–the young and untried lord must prove that he is more than the handsome womanizer of legend, famed lover of Edo’s most celebrated geisha, Lady Heiko, and that his prophetic powers are no mere fairy tale. Forced to escape from Edo and flee to his ancestral stronghold, the spectacular Cloud of Sparrows Castle, Genji joins his fate with Emily and Stark, unaware of the dark forces that drive them. Together with Genji’s uncle, Lord Shigeru, a legendary swordsman knee-deep in the blood of his own kin, and the enigmatic Lady Heiko, the unlikely band embarks on a harrowing journey through a landscape bristling with danger–to prepare for a final battle. Here, on a snowscape stained with blood, horror will mix with wonder, secrets will unravel, and love will duel with vengeance–as East and West, flesh and spirit, past and future, collide in ways no one–least of all Genji–could have imagined. From the Hardcover edition.

Cloud Of Bone

$11.59

From the bestselling author of Random Passage and Waiting for Time comes this masterful, engrossing story of the last surviving Beothuk, a World War II deserter and a recently widowed English woman at the end of the twentieth century. During World War II, well into the Battle of the North Atlantic, Newfoundlander Kyle Holloway deserts from the Royal Navy. Now, hidden in a cave below St. Mary’s Church, the war-haunted young man remembers years of carefree friendship and petty crime in the narrow streets of St. John’s. Starving, disoriented and tormented by his own act of betrayal, Kyle hears a low, persistent murmuring, retelling a story of distant, far-reaching betrayals. Over a century earlier, Shanawdithit, a young Beothuk girl, spends her childhood in a place she thinks of as the safe centre of the world. As she grows into young womanhood, listening to stories, sharing secrets with friends and falling in love, she slowly becomes aware that Dogmen are taking over her world. Each season, her people are forced farther inland, away from their own hunting grounds, back from the rich seal beaches. Now the only witness that the Beothuk once walked the earth, Shanawdithit is forced to endlessly repeat the story of her doomed people. In 1998, Judith and Ian Muir are in Rwanda as part of the United Nations team investigating a genocide site. A shot rings out and Ian falls dead. Overwhelmed with grief, his widow returns to England and the abandoned cottage where she grew up. There, an unusual discovery takes Judith on a quest that will inextricably connect her life to the lives of Shanawdithit and Kyle Holloway. In Cloud of Bone , three stories come together to make both an intriguing mystery and a meditation on lost innocence, brutality and the power of memory. From the Hardcover edition.

Cloud

$299.99

Traer Scott Cloud – Art on Acrylic

Atlas of the Universe (Insiders Series)

$19.95

Atlas of the Universe (Insiders Series) SynopsisInside this remarkable guide to outer space, you’ll find everything from detailed planetary topography to the most current facts and figures about our amazing Universe. In addition to extensive maps of outer space, this atlas also includes constellation charts; diagrams and cross sections of space objects like asteroids and meteorites; the latest information on space shuttles and missions; and stunning, oversize images that capture exploding supernovas and distant galaxies, Designed for the next generation of space enthusiasts, Atlas of the Universe contains everything you need to navigate the night sky — and the farthest reaches of the cosmos. Book Details Reading level: Ages 9-12 Hardcover: 128 pages Topographical Plnetary Maps Breathtaking photos of galactic phenomena Cutaway views of comets and meteorites More than 800 maps and images Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing (July 8, 2008) Language: English Book Dimensions: 13.5 x 10.9 x 0.7 inches

Atlas Of Unknowns

$5.79

A poignant, funny, blazingly original debut novel about sisterhood, the tantalizing dream of America, and the secret histories and hilarious eccentricities of families everywhere. In the wake of their mother’s mysterious death, Linno and Anju are raised in Kerala by their father, Melvin, a reluctant Christian prone to bouts of dyspepsia, and their grandmother, the superstitious and strong-willed Ammachi. When Anju wins a scholarship to a prestigious school in America, she seizes the opportunity, even though it means betraying her sister. In New York, Anju is plunged into the elite world of her Hindu American host family, led by a well-known television personality and her fiendishly ambitious son, a Princeton drop out determined to make a documentary about Anju’s life. But when Anju finds herself ensnared by her own lies, she runs away and lands a job as a bikini waxer in a Queens beauty salon. Meanwhile, back in Kerala, Linno is undergoing a transformation of her own, rejecting the wealthy blind suitor with whom her father had sought to arrange her marriage and using her artistic gifts as a springboard to entrepreneurial success. When Anju goes missing, Linno strikes out farther still, with a scheme to procure a visa so that she can travel to America to search for her vanished sister. The convergence of their journeys toward each other, toward America, toward a new understanding of self and country, and toward a heartbreaking mystery long buried in their shared past brings to life a predicament that is at once modern and timeless: the hunger for independence and the longing for home; the need to preserve the past and the yearning to break away from it. Tania James combines the gifts of an old-fashioned storyteller engrossing drama, flawless control of plot, beautifully drawn characters, surprises around every turn with a voice that is fresh and funny and powerfully alive with the dilemmas of modern life. She brings grace, humor, deep feeling, and the command of a born novelist to this marvelous debut. From the Hardcover edition.

The Shoulders Of Atlas

$2.39

The Shoulders Of Atlas

Sweety On A Cloud

$10

Sweety On A Cloud

Pegasus On Cloud

$10

Pegasus On Cloud

Magic Cloud

$10

Magic Cloud

Sheep Cloud

$10

Sheep Cloud

Stormy Cloud

$10

Stormy Cloud

Cloud Bear

$10

Cloud Bear

The Death And Life Of Charlie St. Cloud

$6.29

The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud tells the haunting story of a young man who narrowly survives a terrible car wreck that kills his little brother. Years later, the brothers’ bond remains so strong that it transcends the normal boundaries separating life and death. Charlie St. Cloud lives in a snug New England fishing village. By day he tends the lawns and monuments of the ancient cemetery where his younger brother, Sam, is buried. Graced with an extraordinary gift after surviving the accident, he can still see, talk, and even play catch with Sam’s spirit. But townsfolk whisper that Charlie has never recovered from his loss. Into his carefully ordered life comes Tess Carroll, a captivating, adventuresome woman training for a solo sailing trip around the globe. Fate steers her boat into a treacherous storm that blows her back to harbor, to a charged encounter with Charlie, and to a surprise more overwhelming than the violent sea itself. Charlie and Tess discover a beautiful and uncommon connection that leads to a race against time and a desperate choice between death and life, between the past and the future, between holding on and letting go. Luminous, soulful, and filled with unforgettable characters, The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud is one of those rare, wise books that reveal the mysteries of the unseen world around us, gently transforming the worst pain of loss into hope, healing, and even laughter. Suspenseful and deeply moving, its startling climax reminds us that sometimes tragedies can bring about miracles if we simply open our hearts. From the Hardcover edition.

The Cloud

$1.99

A story of hope, love and redemption set against the stars. An unstoppable cloud hurtles through the cosmos, annihilating all life in its path. A lone survivor of an advanced civilization is rocketed from his doomed planet in an attempt to preserve a race, heading toward Earth, where he and a farm girl from Indiana must find a way to defeat the approaching menace. Science fiction space opera.

Atlas the Titan

$49.99

Atlas the Titan – Giclee Print

Atlas, 1961

$34.99

Atlas, 1961 – Giclee Print

Atlas and Planets

$39.99

Atlas and Planets – Giclee Print

On Cloud Nine

$20.97

Window Mural – On Cloud Nine;

Cloud 9

$10

Cloud 9 – B.o.B

Cloud Dancer

$19.99

Cloud Dancer – Poster

Black Cloud

$59.99

Black Cloud – Wall Decal

The Angelic Cloud

$24.99

The Angelic Cloud – Photographic Print

Mushroom Cloud

$24.99

Mushroom Cloud – Photographic Print

Red Cloud

$17.99

Red Cloud – Art Print

Every Cloud

$19.99

Every Cloud – Premium Poster

Visual Atlas of the World – Without slipcase

$49.99

Hardcover edition without slipcover. Representing an exciting new approach in our renowned line of atlases, this large-format reference blends two National Geographic “bests” to create a refreshingly vivid world portrait. Incorporated in the many up-to-the moment regional maps that portray each continent are hundreds of brilliant photographs – each depicting unique natural and cultural treasures that have been designated as UNESCO World Heritage sites. From the vast plains of the Serengeti to the Kasbah of Algiers, from prehistoric rock art to the statue of Liberty, these incomparable locales are under UN protection for future generations to know and enjoy. Thematic maps enhance the global coverage, detailing trends and characteristics of todayÂ’s critical issues: natural resources, energy, population, religion, economy and trade, conflict, climate change. The latest political boundaries and country names are incorporated, as well as vital information on the oceans, space, national flags, and more. Engaging layouts, functional design, and a new comprehensive place-name index allow the reader to easily navigate around the globe to discover or confirm more than 50,000 locations. The supreme accuracy and practicality of the maps, charts, and country facts and table – as well as the inspirational collection of more than 600 photographs, satellite images, and illustrations – make the National Geographic Visual Atlas of the World a must-have reference for families, travelers, students, and scholars.

Storm with Lots of Cloud to Cloud, and Cloud to Ground Lightning

$39.99

Mike Theiss Storm with Lots of Cloud to Cloud, and Cloud to Ground Lightning – Photographic Print