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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2008-09-15

List Price: $14.95Amazon Best of the Month, September 2008: Once you start The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, there's no turning back. This debut thriller--the first in a trilogy from the late Stieg Larsson--is a serious page-turner rivaling the best of Charlie Huston and Michael Connelly. Mikael Blomkvist, a once-respected financial journalist, watches his professional life rapidly crumble around him. Prospects appear bleak until an unexpected (and unsettling) offer to resurrect his name(read more)

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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

2010-05-24

List Price: $27.95Amazon Best Books of the Month, May 2010 As the finale to Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is not content to merely match the adrenaline-charged pace that made international bestsellers out of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played with Fire. Instead, it roars with an explosive storyline that blows the doors off the series and announces that the very best has been saved for last. A familiar evil (read more)

Jul

The Girl Who Played with Fire

2009-07-27

List Price: $15.95Amazon Best of the Month, July 2009: The girl with the dragon tattoo is back. Stieg Larsson's seething heroine, Lisbeth Salander, once again finds herself paired with journalist Mikael Blomkvist on the trail of a sinister criminal enterprise. Only this time, Lisbeth must return to the darkness of her own past (more specifically, an event coldly known as "All the Evil") if she is to stay one step ahead--and alive. The Girl Who Played with Fire is a break-out-in-a-cold-swea(read more)

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Kick-Ass (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack + Digital Copy)

2010-08-02

List Price: $39.99Price: $22.99You Save: $17.00 (43%)1 used & new from $22.99The cinematic equivalent of a half case of Red Bull chased with donuts, Kick-Ass is a giddy, violent experience--and not your average superhero movie. Based on the comic book by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr., it offers a set of heroes who are decidedly without superpowers: Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) decides he'll be just like a comic-book character, and puts on a ridiculous green suit to fight... (read more)

Jul

Clash of the Titans [Blu-ray]

2010-07-26

List Price: $35.99Price: $24.99You Save: $11.00 (31%)35 used & new from $18.98"Release the Kraken!" Ah, it could only be Clash of the Titans, the 2010 remake that retains the instruction to unleash the great beastie from the sea. The 1981 original boasted Ray Harryhausen's legendary stop-motion technique of animating various mythological creatures--it was his final feature project--and given the cornball approach of the movie in general, that was the main draw. The remake supplies new state-of-the-art special effects (released in 3-D) and a nicely muscular sense of(read more)

Sep

Iron Man 2 (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)

2010-09-27

List Price: $39.99Price: $26.99You Save: $13.00 (33%)1 used & new from $26.99After the high-flying adventures of the first Iron Man picture, the billionaire arms manufacturer and irrepressible bon vivant Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) finds himself nursing a hangover. But not like any hangover he's had before: this one is toxic, a potentially deadly condition resulting from heavy metals (or something) bleeding out of the hardware he's installed in the middle of his chest. This is the problem Stark needs to solve in Iron Man 2, not to mention the threat from(read more)

Jul

Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Free 3G + Wi-Fi, 6" Display, Graphite, 3G Works Globally - Latest Generation

2010-07-31

List Price: $189.00Price: $189.001 used & new from $189.00Amazon's Revolutionary Wireless Reading Device Kindle is our #1 bestselling item for two years running. It?s also the most-wished-for, most-gifted, and has the most 5-star reviews of any product on Amazon. Now it's even better. All-New, High-Contrast E-Ink Screen ? 50% better contrast than any other e-reader Read in Bright Sunlight ? No glare New and Improved Fonts ? New crisper, darker fonts New... (read more)

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