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Fiction:

And     Anderson, Catherine     Annie's Song
And     Anderson, Catherine     Simply Love
And     Anderson, Catherine     Cherish
And     Anderson-Dargatz, G.    A Recipe For Bees
And     Anderson-Dargatz. G.    The Cure for Death by Lightning
Arc     Archer, Jeffrey         Kane and Abel
Atw     Atwood, Margaret        Alias Grace
Atw     Atwood, Margaret        The Edible Woman
Atw     Atwood, Margaret        Good Bones
Aus     Austen, Jane            Pride and Prejudice
Aus     Austen, Jane            Persuasion
Ben     Benchley, Peter         Jaws
Ben     Benchley, Peter         The Deep
Bev     Beverley, Jo            Stanforth Secrets
Bin     Binchy, Maeve           Light a Penny Candle
Bin     Binchy, Maeve           Echoes
Bin     Binchy, Maeve           The Glass Lake
Bit     Bittner, Rosanne        Chase the Sun
Bli     Blish, James            Star Trek
Bra     Bradbury, Ray           Fahrenheit 451
Bro     Bronte, Charlotte       Jane Eyre
Bro     Bronte, Emily           Wuthering Heights
Bro     Brown, Fredric          Nightmares and Geezenstacks
Bro     Brown, Loranne          The Handless Maiden
Buc     Buck, Pearl S.          The Good Earth
Bun     Bunyan, John            Pilgrim's Progress
Cam     Camus, Albert           L'Etranger
Cha     Chatwin, Bruce          Song Lines
Chr     Christie, Agatha        Peril at End House
Cla     Clark, Mary Higgins     Silent Night
Cla     Clark, Mary Higgins     I'll Be Seeing You
Cle     Cleary, Jon             Dark Summer
Con     Conrad, Joseph          Lord Jim
Con     Conroy, Pat             The Lords of Discipline
Coo     Cookson, Catherine      The Mallen Streak
Cor     Cornwell, Bernard       The Winter King
Cra     Craven, Margaret        I Heard the Owl Call My Name
Dai     Dailey, Janet           Calder (series)
Dai     Dailey, Janet           Great Alone
Dav     Davies, Robertson       The Deptford Trilogy
Dei     Deighton, Len           Ipcress File
Del     de la Roche, Mazo       The Whiteoaks of Jalna (series)
Dev     Deveraux, Jude          A Knight in Shining Armor
Dic     Dickens, Charles        David Copperfield
Dic     Dickens, Charles        A Tale of Two Cities
Dic     Dickens, Charles        A Christmas Carol
Dum     Dumas, Alexander        The Three Musketeers
DuM     DuMaurier, Daphne       Rebecca
Eva     Evans, Nicholas         The Horse Whisperer
Fau     Faulks, Sebastian       Birdsong
Fin     Finley, Timothy         The Piano Man's Daughter
Fin     Finley, Timothy         The Wars
Fit     Fitzgerald, F. Scott    The Great Gatsby
For     Forsyth, Fredrick       Icon
Gal     Galsworthy, John        The Forsyte Saga
Gib     Gibson, William         Neuromancer
Gol     Golden, Arthur          Memoirs of a Geisha
Gol     Golding, William        The Lord of the Flies
God     Goddard, Robert         Caught in the Light
Gor     Gordimer, Nadine        A Guest of Honour
Gri     Grisham, John           The Firm
Gri     Grisham, John           The Client
Gut     Guterson, David         Snow Falling on Cedars
Har     Hardy, Thomas           Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Har     Hardy, Thomas           Jude the Obsure
Har     Harris, Thomas          The Silence of the Lambs
Har     Harris, Thomas          The Red Dragon
Har     Harrod-Eagles, C.       The Abyss
Heg     Hegi, Ursula            Stones From the River
Hei     Heine, William          The Last Canadian
Hem     Hemingway, Ernest       The Old Man and the Sea
Hem     Hemingway, Ernest       A Farewell to Arms
Hes     Hesse, Hermann          The Glass Bead Game
How     Howard, Rob             Conan
How     Howard, Rob             Conan the Avenger
Irv     Irving, John            The World According to Garp
Jar     Jardine, Quintin        A Coffin for Two
Jha     Jhabvala, Ruth          Heat and Dust
Joh     John, Katherine         Six Foot Under
Kay     Kay, Guy Gavriel        The Lions of Al-Rassan
Ker     Kerouac, Jack           On the Road
Kin     King, Stephen           It
Kin     King, Stephen           The Shining
Lar     Larson, Gary            The Far Side
Lau     Laurence, Margaret      The Stone Angel
Law     Lawrence, D.H.          Sons and Lovers
LeC     Le Carre, John          The Spy Who Came From the Cold
Lee     Lee, Harper             To Kill a Mockingbird
Let     Letts, Billie           Where the Heart Is
Lin     Lindsey, Johanna        Captive Bride
Lon     Longden, Deric          The Cat Who Came In from the Cold
Lov     Lovecraft, H.P.         The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
Mar     Marshall, Catherine     Christy
Mau     Maugham, Somerset       Of Human Bondage
McC     McCullough, Colleen     The Thorn Birds
Mic     Michener, James         The Source
Mic     Michener, James         Centennial
Mic     Michener, James         Space
Mil     Miller, Walter          A Canticle for Leibowitz
Mit     Mitchard, Jacquelyn     The Deep End of the Ocean
Mit     Mitchell, Margaret      Gone With the Wind
Moo     Moore, Brian            Black Robe
Nai     Naipaul, V.S.           Guerillas
Nai     Naipaul, V.S.           A Bend in the River
Nev     Neville, Katherine      Eight
Nor     Nordhoff, Charles       Mutiny on the Bounty
Oke     Oke, Janette            The Bluebird and the Sparrow
Ond     Ondaatje, Michael       In the Skin of the Lion
Orc     Orczy, Baroness         The Scarlet Pimpernel
Orw     Orwell, George          Nineteen Eighty-Four
Pen     Penman, Sharon Kay      The Reckoning
Pet     Petters, Ellis          One Corpse Too Many
Pil     Pilcher, Rosamund       The Shell Seekers
Pir     Pirsig, Robert          Zen and the Art of
                                Motorcycle Maintenance
Pla     Plaidy, Jean            The Plantagenet Saga (series)
Pla     Plain, Belva            Evergreen
Pla     Plain, Belva            Random Winds
Poh     Pohl, Frederik          Black Star Rising
Poh     Pohl, Frederik          The Day the Martians Came
Pro     Proulx, Annie           The Shipping News
Rea     Read, Miss              At Home at Thrush Green
Red     Redfield, James         The Celestine Prophecy
Rei     Reichs, Kathy           Death du Jour
Rei     Reichs, Kathy           Deja Dead
Rem     Remarque, Erich         All Quiet on the Western Front
Ric     Richler, Mordecai       The Apprenticeship of
                                Duddy Kravitz
Rob     Robson, Lucia St. Clair Ride the Wind
Roy     Roy, Arundhati          The God of Small Things
Roy     Roy, Gabrielle          Children of My Heart
Sak     Saki                    Beasts and Super-Beasts
Ser     Service, Robert         The Cremation of Sam McGee
Set     Seton, Anya             Katherine
Sha     Shakespeare, William    Hamlet
She     Shelley, Mary           Frankenstein
Shi     Shields, Carol          The Stone Diaries
Shu     Shute, Nevil            Pied Piper
Smi     Smiley, Jane            A Thousand Acres
Smi     Smith, Betty            A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Smi     Smith, Helen Zenna      Not So Quiet
Spa     Sparks, Nicholas        The Notebook
Spa     Sparks, Nicholas        Message in a Bottle
Ste     Steinbeck, John         Cannery Row
Ste     Steinbeck, John         Of Mice and Men
Ste     Steinbeck, John         The Grapes of Wrath
Ste     Steinbeck, John         Travels With Charley
Ste     Stewart, Mary           The Crystal Cave
Ste     Stewart, Mary           The Hollow Hills
Ste     Stewart, Mary           The Last Enchantment
Ste     Stewart, Mary           Thornyhold
Str     Strieber, Whitley       Billy
Sto     Stoker, Bram            Dracula
Sto     Stone, Irving           The Agony and the Ecstasy
Sty     Styron, William         Sophie's Choice
Sut     Sutcliff, Rosemary      Sword at Sunset
Tan     Tan, Amy                The Joy Luck Club
Tho     Thom, James             Follow the River
Tho     Thoreau, Henry David    Walden, or Life in the Woods
Tho     Thorndike, Russell      Dr. Syn (series)
Tol     Tolkien, J.R.R.         Lord of the Rings
Tro     Trollope, Joanna        The Choir
Twa     Twain, Mark             Huckleberry Finn
Urq     Urquhart, Jane          Away
Wal     Waller, Robert          The Bridges of Madison County
Wal     Walters, Minette        The Scold's Bridle
Wat     Watterson, Bill         Calvin and Hobbes
Wha     Wharton, Edith          The Buccaneers
Why     Whyte, Jack             A Dream of Eagles Series
Woo     Woodiwiss, Kathleen     The Flame and the Flower
Woo     Woodiwiss, Kathleen     Ashes in the Wind
Woo     Woodiwiss, Kathleen     The Wolf and the Dove
Wou     Wouk, Herman            The Winds of War
Wou     Wouk, Herman            War and Remembrance
Wyn     Wyndham, John           Day of the Triffids

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Non-Fiction:

Ada     Adamson, Joy            Born Free
Att     Attenborough, David     Zoo Quest (series)
Aur     Aurelius, Marcus        Meditations
Ban     Ban Breathnach, S.      Something More: Excavating Your
                                Authentic Self
Ber     Berton, Pierre          The Last Spike
Ber     Berendt, John           Midnight in the Garden of 
                                Good and Evil
---     ----------------        The Bible:  New Int'l Version
Ber     Berry, Wendell          The Unsettling of America
Bla     Blanchet, M. Wylie      The Curve of Time
Bra     Bradley, Fern M.        Gardening With Perennials
Bri     Brickell, Christopher   Practical Guide to Gardening in
                                Canada
Cad     Caddy, Eileen           The Spirit of Findhorn
Cal     Callison, Pat           Pack Dogs to Helicopters
Cam     Cameron, Stevie         Blue Trust
Car     Carr, Emily             House of All Sorts
Cho     Chopra, Deepak          Quantum Healing
Cho     Chopra, Deepak          Perfect Health
Cho     Chopra, Deepak          Seven Spiritual Laws
Cob     Coburn, Broughton       Everest: Mountain Without Mercy
Col     Colbourne, Theo         Our Stolen Future
Col     Coloroso, Barbara       Kids Are Worth It!
Con     Connelly, Karen         Touch the Dragon: A Thai Journal
Cor     Cork, David             The Pig and the Python
Cov     Covey, Stephen          The Seven Habits of Highly
                                Effective People
Cra     Crawford, Christina     Mommy Dearest
Cul     Culbertson, Molly (Ed.) The Comforts of Country
Den     Denis, Michaela         Leopard in My Lap
Dur     Durrell, Gerald         My Family and Other Animals
Fis     Fischer, Robert         Rebuilding When Your Love
                                Relationship Ends
For     Forrester, Helen        Two Pence to Cross the Mersey
Fra     Frank, Anne             The Diary of Anne Frank
Fra     Frank, Katherine        A Chainless Soul:  A Life of
                                Emily Bronte
Fre     Fredrickson, Olive      Silence of the North
Fre     Freud, Sigmund          Beyond the Pleasure Principle
Gaw     Gawain, Shakti          Creative Visualization
Gic     Gichin, Funakoshi       Karate-do Kyshan
Gol     Goldstein, Martin       The Nature of Animal Healing
Haa     Haas, Albert            The Doctor and the Damned
Han     Hanff, Helene           84 Charing Cross Road
Han     Hanff, Helene           The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street
Her     Herriot, James          All Things Bright and Beautiful
Her     Herriot, James          All Creatures Great and Small
Hey     Heyerdahl, Thor         Kon Tiki Expedition
Hom     Homer                   The Iliad
Hom     Homer                   The Odyssey
Ken     Kendall, Paul M.        Richard III
Kle     Klein, Melanie          The Psychoanalysis of Children
Kra     Krakauer, Jon           Into Thin Air
Lap     Lapierre,  Dominique    The City of Joy
Lew     Lewis, C.S.             Mere Christianity
Lew     Lewis, C.S.             A Grief Observed
Lin     Lindbergh, Anne M.      A Gift from the Sea
Mal     Maltz, Maxwell          Psycho-Cybernetics
Man     Manchester, William     Death of a President
Man     Manning, Joanna         Is the Pope Catholic?
Mat     Mathabane, Mark         Kaffir Boy
Mea     Meadows, Donella        Beyond the Limits
McC     McCourt, Frank          Angela’s Ashes
Mis     Mishra, R.              Yoga
Moo     Moody, Raymond          Life After Life
Mus     Musashi, Miyamoto       The Book of Five Rings
Pec     Peck, Scott             The Road Less Travelled
Pen     Pennington, Janice      Husband, Lover, Spy
Pol     Pole, Graeme            Walks and Easy Hikes in the
                                Canadian Rockies
Pre     Preston, Richard        The Hot Zone
Rog     Roger, Gertrude         Lady Rancher
Rul     Rule, Ann               Small Sacrifices
Rus     Rushdie, Salman         The Satanic Verses
Rus     Russell, Bertrand       Unpopular Essays
Sag     Sagan, Carl             Cosmos
Saj     Sajer, Guy              The Forgotten Soldier
Sas     Sasson, Jean P.         Princess Sultana’s Daughters
Sca     Scanlan, Larry          Wild About Horses
Sch     Schlesinger, A.         1000 Days
Sel     Sells, John             Unante:  the Secrets of Karate
Sid     Sidey, Hugh             John F. Kennedy
Sim     Simonds, Merilyn        The Convict Lover
Ste     Stearn, Jess            The Search for the Girls with
                                Blue Eyes
Ste     Steves, Rick            Europe Through the Back Door
Sto     Stokes, Donald          The Butterfly Book
Sto     Stowe, Leland           Crusoe of Lonesome Lake
Suz     Suzuki, D.T.            Zen and Japanese Culture
Tan     Tangye, Derek           A Cornish Summer
Tho     Thompson, E.P.          The Making of the English
                                Working Class
Val     Valens, Evan            The Other Side of the Mountain
Van     Vanzant, Iyanla         One Day My Soul Just Opened Up
Wil     Wilson, Colin           The Unexplained
Wil     Wilson, Ian             Wilderness Seasons
Wil     Wilson, Ian             Arctic Adventures

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          Muriel Rukeyeser

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