Gary Paulsen, Author, Bertrand Piccard, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $10.95 (63p) ISBN 978-0-15-275323-8
Poetically wrought, this novel reveals the parallels in the seemingly disparate circumstances of Rosa, an illegal immigrant-turned-prostitute, and Traci, a popular junior-high student preparing for cheerleader tryouts. Appropriately enough, the...
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Lloyd Jones, Author, Bertrand Piccard, Author, Diaz Criss Jones, Author Mariner Books $21.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-15-600128-1
In prose clear as window glass, sharp-eyed New Zealand novelist Jones (Splinter) recounts his journey through Albania in 1991, just as the poor, isolated country stumbles into a chaotic, post-communist future. Biografi (the title comes from the word
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Bertrand Piccard, Author, Brian Jones, Joint Author John Wiley & Sons $24.95 (306p) ISBN 978-0-471-37820-4
For 20 days in March 1999, Piccard and Jones tempted fate, the jet stream and countless surly, foreign air-traffic controllers in a successful attempt to be the first to float a giant balloon nonstop around the world. Hyped as aviation's last great...
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Bertrand Piccard, Author, W. Randall Jones, Author, Randy Jones, Author Crown Business $25.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-609-60931-6
Defying the conventional wisdom that no mortal can outsmart the market, this study of fabulous stock run-ups of the last century argues that ordinary investors can learn to spot winners. Jones, CEO of Worth Magazine, examines past and present Wall...
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Ronald Kidd, Author, Bertrand Piccard, Author, Bob Jones, Illustrator Puffin Books $2.99 (80p) ISBN 978-0-14-034986-3
Kidd's new series introduces a guitar-playing fourth grader who aspires to rock stardom. In fact, in Danny Dorfman's active imagination, he is a celebrity--with his own band and Arnold Schwarzenegger as his bodyguard. When the school talent contest...
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