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Queen's Gambit

Orphan Beth Harmon overcomes her fears and shyness by learning to play chess and, over the years, improves her game to become national champion and to play the world grandmasters

By Walter Tevis

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Hardcover:

9780317580396 | Ultramarine Pub Co, June 1, 1983, cover price $25.00 | also contains Supreme Audit Institutions: Accountability for Development

9780893662639, titled "The Queen's Gambit" | Ultramarine Pub Co, June 1, 1983, cover price $25.00

9780394528014, titled "The Queen's Gambit" | Random House Inc, February 1, 1983, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Orphan Beth Harmon overcomes her fears and shyness by learning to play chess and, over the years, improves her game to become national champion and to play the world grandmasters

Paperback:

9780141190389, titled "The Queen's Gambit" | Gardners Books, August 27, 2009, cover price $16.65

9781400030606, titled "The Queen's Gambit" | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, March 1, 2003), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Orphan Beth Harmon overcomes her fears and shyness by learning to play chess and, over the years, improves her game to become a national champion and to play the world grandmasters.

9781874061144, titled "The Queen's Gambit" | Texas Bookman, March 1, 1996, cover price $1.98

9780440502166, titled "The Queen's Gambit" | Reprint edition (Dell Books, April 1, 1989), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Orphan Beth Harmon overcomes her fears and shyness by learning to play chess and, over the years, improves her game to become a national champion and to play the world grandmasters

9780440171836, titled "The Queen's Gambit" | Reprint edition (Dell Pub Co, November 1, 1984), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Orphan Beth Harmon overcomes her fears and shyness by learning to play chess and, over the years, improves her game to become a national champion and to play the world grandmasters

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Captured

Product Description: Willow Kingswell has been listening to her Nana's tales of enchanted kingdoms for as long as she can remember. But when she is transported to the realm of Mistolear, she is stunned to learn that the stories were true. Suddenly, Willow has to fit into a royal family she didn't know she had, deal with customs she doesn't understand, and sort out her feelings for Brand, the knight who has sworn to protect her...read more

By Maggie L. Wood

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Paperback:

9781517699086 | Createspace Independent Pub, October 7, 2015, cover price $10.75 | About this edition: Willow Kingswell has been listening to her Nana's tales of enchanted kingdoms for as long as she can remember.

9781770800717, titled "Captured: Captured" | Lobster Pr, May 1, 2011, cover price $12.95

Grandmaster

Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Invited to a parent-child weekend chess tournament, freshman Daniel discovers that his father was once one of the country's leading young players but that the intense competition surrounding the game proved to be unhealthy, a past they are forced to confront when they meet a former rival...read more

By David Klass

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Hardcover:

9780374327712 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, February 25, 2014, cover price $16.99

Paperback:

9781250063014 | Reprint edition (Square Fish, September 29, 2015), cover price $9.99

Prebinding:

9780606375917 | Turtleback Books, September 29, 2015, cover price $20.85 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

Checkmate

Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Four middle-schoolers who publish an alternative newspaper at their Harlem academy for gifted students investigate why a classmate--one of the best chess players in New York City--was caught trying to buy drugs.

By Walter Dean Myers

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Paperback:

9780545828758 | Reprint edition (Scholastic Pr, July 28, 2015), cover price $6.99 | also contains Checkmate | About this edition: Walter Dean Myers explores the world of competitive chess seen through the eyes of a group of middle school kids whose self-published newspaper tells it like it is.

9780439916325 | Reprint edition (Scholastic Pr, July 1, 2012), cover price $5.99 | also contains Checkmate | About this edition: In the second book of the CRUISERS series, Walter Dean Myers explores the world of competitive chess as seen through the eyes of a group of middle school misfits.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781469201597 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, July 1, 2012), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Walter Dean Myers explores the world of competitive chess seen through the eyes of a group of middle school kids whose self-published newspaper tells it like it is.

9781441863331, titled "Checkmate: Checkmate" | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, August 1, 2011), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Walter Dean Myers explores the world of competitive chess seen through the eyes of a group of middle school kids whose self-published newspaper tells it like it is.

9781441863355, titled "Checkmate: Checkmate" | Mp3 una edition (Brilliance Audio, August 1, 2011), cover price $14.99

Prebinding:

9780606370301 | Turtleback Books, July 28, 2015, cover price $17.20 | also contains Checkmate | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

The Checkmate

By Kevin R. Free (narrator)

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Hardcover:

9780443045332, titled "Independent Living" | Churchill Livingstone, March 1, 1992, cover price $11.00 | also contains Independent Living

CD/Spoken Word:

9781491599136, titled "Checkmate" | Mp3 una edition (Brilliance Audio, July 28, 2015), cover price $9.99

9781491599129, titled "Checkmate" | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, July 28, 2015), cover price $11.99

Checkmate

Product Description: Walter Dean Myers explores the world of competitive chess seen through the eyes of a group of middle school kids whose self-published newspaper tells it like it is.Sidney Aronofsky is one of the best chess players under age 16. When he's arrested for trying to buy drugs, it comes as a total surprise to those who know him...read more

By Walter Dean Myers

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Hardcover:

9780439916271 | Scholastic Pr, August 1, 2011, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: In the second book of the CRUISERS series, Walter Dean Myers explores the world of competitive chess as seen through the eyes of a group of middle school misfits.

Paperback:

Prebinding:

9780606370301 | Turtleback Books, July 28, 2015, cover price $17.20 | also contains Checkmate | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

Curiosity

By Gary Blackwood

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Hardcover:

9780803739246 | Dial Books for Young Readers, April 10, 2014, cover price $16.99

Paperback:

9780142424483 | Reprint edition (Puffin, April 7, 2015), cover price $8.99

The Queen's Play

By Aashish Kaul

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Paperback:

9781782798613 | Roundfire, February 27, 2015, cover price $13.95

Shadow Maker: A Novel

Product Description: James R. Hannibalâa veteran combat pilot with Top Secret clearance from the U.S. governmentâcontinues the thrilling international action and intrigue that follow covert operative Nick Baron.When a suicide bomber shatters the peace of a winter afternoon on the National Mall in Washington, D...read more

By Luke Daniels (narrator) and James R. Hannibal

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CD/Spoken Word:

9781469299389 | Mp3 una edition (Brilliance Audio, February 3, 2015), cover price $9.99 | About this edition: James R.

Shadow Maker

Product Description: James R. Hannibalâa veteran combat pilot with Top Secret clearance from the U.S. governmentâcontinues the thrilling international action and intrigue, following covert operative Nick Baron.How far will collateral damage from a CIA drone strike reach? When a suicide bomber attacks the National Mall, former pilot and undercover Cerberus operative Nick âVictorâ Baron receives an eerie invitation from the chess app on his phoneâa mysterious figure named the Emissary wants to play...read more

By James R. Hannibal

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Paperback:

9780425266908 | Reprint edition (Berkley Pub Group, February 3, 2015), cover price $9.99 | About this edition: James R.

9780425266892 | Berkley Pub Group, June 3, 2014, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: How far will collateral damage from a CIA drone strike reach?

Shadow Maker

By Luke Daniels (narrator)

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CD/Spoken Word:

9781469293066 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, February 3, 2015), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: James R.

9781469293011 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, June 3, 2014), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: James R.

9781469293035 | Mp3 una edition (Brilliance Audio, June 3, 2014), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: James R.

Brains Vs. Brawn

By Dana Regan (illustrator)

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Library:

9781631434365 | The Childs World Inc, August 1, 2014, cover price $27.07

Shadow Maker: Library Edition

By Luke Daniels (narrator)

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CD/Spoken Word:

9781469293042 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio Lib Edn, June 3, 2014), cover price $49.97 | About this edition: James R.

9781469293059 | Mp3 una edition (Brilliance Audio Lib Edn, June 3, 2014), cover price $39.97

The Pledge of the Twin Knights

Product Description: The thirty-eight volume Judy Bolton series was written during the thirty-five years from 1932-1967. It is one of the most successful and enduring girls' series ever published. The Judy Bolton books are noted not only for their fine plots and thrilling stories, but also for their realism and their social commentary...read more

By Margaret Sutton

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Hardcover:

9780848821296 | Amereon Ltd, December 1, 2001, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: The thirty-eight volume Judy Bolton series was written during the thirty-five years from 1932-1967.

Paperback:

9781429090568 | Applewood Books, October 7, 2011, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The thirty-eight volume Judy Bolton series was written during the thirty-five years from 1932-1967.

Checkmate: Library Edition

By Walter Dean Myers

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CD/Spoken Word:

9781441863362 | Mp3 una edition (Brilliance Audio, August 1, 2011), cover price $39.97

9781441863348 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, August 1, 2011), cover price $49.97

Chess Nuts

Product Description: "First published by Penguin Group (Australia), 2010"--P. opp. t.p.

By Julia Lawrinson

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Paperback:

9780143304708 | Penguin Global, July 20, 2011, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: "First published by Penguin Group (Australia), 2010"--P.

Masters of Technique: Mongoose Press Anthology of Chess Fiction

Product Description: Chess has flourished in its modern form for hundreds of years. During this time, tens of thousands of books have been written about the game, but very few have been works of fiction. Now, for the first time, an anthology of contemporary chess fiction will appear...read more

By Howard Goldowsky (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780979148262, titled "Masters of Technique: The Mongoose Anthology of Chess Fiction" | Natl Book Network, June 16, 2010, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Chess has flourished in its modern form for hundreds of years.

Perpetual Check

Product Description: Randy is a chubby ninth grader with a Cub Scout hair cut who guesses M&M colors with his eyes closed and makes up words. Heâs also a chess whiz who has defeated his older brother Zeke in nine of their last ten matches. Zeke is a high school senior, a soccer champ, and a chess natural who can beat just about anyone if he decides to really concentrate...read more

By Rich Wallace

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Hardcover:

9780375840586 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, February 10, 2009, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Randy is a chubby ninth grader with a Cub Scout hair cut who guesses M&M colors with his eyes closed and makes up words.

Paperback:

9780440239925 | 1 edition (Laurel Leaf, August 10, 2010), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Randy is a chubby ninth grader with a Cub Scout hair cut who guesses M&M colors with his eyes closed and makes up words.

Miscellaneous:

9780375891632 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, February 10, 2009, cover price $6.99

Library:

9780375940583 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, February 10, 2009, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Randy is a chubby ninth grader with a Cub Scout hair cut who guesses M&M colors with his eyes closed and makes up words.

Chess! I Love It! I Love It! I Love It!

When second-grader Richard and three other members of the Sumac School Chess Club compete in their first tournament, they each learn something about luck, concentration, and teamwork.

By Jamie Gilson

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Hardcover:

9780618977901, titled "Chess! I Love It I Love It I Love It!" | Clarion Books, March 17, 2008, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: When second-grader Richard and three other members of the Sumac School Chess Club compete in their first tournament, they each learn something about luck, concentration, and teamwork.

Fantasms

Product Description: Danny Ray, the best dang rodeo cowboy in Oklahoma, returns to Elidor!Â Princess Amber has been kidnapped, and King Krystal of Elidor will do anything to bring his beloved daughter safely home. But rescuing the princess from the grasp of the evil fantasms will be no easy task...read more

By Len Bailey

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Hardcover:

9780765309822 | Starscape, February 6, 2007, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Rodeo cowboy Danny Ray once again travels to the magical kingdom of Elidor where he must rescue Princess Amber from the evil Fantasms and save the kingdom from eternal darkness.

Paperback:

9780765348647 | Reprint edition (Starscape, February 6, 2008), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: In the sequel to Clabbernappers, rodeo cowboy Danny Ray and his band of eccentric friends must battle the evil Fantasms to save the kidnapped Princess Amber and rescue the kingdom of Elidor from eternal darkness.

Prebinding:

9781439587195 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Danny Ray, the best dang rodeo cowboy in Oklahoma, returns to Elidor!

Chess Rumble

Branded a troublemaker due to his anger over everything from being bullied to his sister's death a year before, Marcus begins to control himself and cope with his problems at home and at his inner-city school when an unlikely mentor teaches him to play chess.

By G. Neri and Jesse Joshua Watson (illustrator)

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School and Library:

9781584302797 | Lee & Low Books, November 30, 2007, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Branded a troublemaker due to his anger over everything from being bullied to his sister's death a year before, Marcus begins to control himself and cope with his problems at home and at his inner-city school when an unlikely mentor teaches him to play chess.

Zugzwang: A Novel

Product Description: "Beautifully toldâ¦a compelling portrait of a highly civilized society as it approached one of history's great upheavals. [Shows us that] there are moments when the tides of history will not be denied."âWashington PostZugzwangâA chess term used to describe a position in which a player is reduced to utter helplessless: he is obliged to move, but every move serves to make his position even worse...read more

By Ronan Bennett

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Hardcover:

9781596912533 | Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, October 30, 2007, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: As the murder of a respected newspaper editor shocks 1914 St.

Paperback:

9781596912540 | Reprint edition (Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, September 16, 2008), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: "Beautifully toldâ¦a compelling portrait of a highly civilized society as it approached one of history's great upheavals.

The Chess Machine

Product Description: Based on a true story, The Chess Machine is the breathtaking historical adventure of a legendary invention that astounded all who crossed its path. Vienna, 1770: Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen unveils a strange and amazing invention: the Mechanical Turk, a sensational and unbeatable chess-playing automaton...read more

By Robert Lohr

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Hardcover:

9781594201264 | Penguin USA, July 5, 2007, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen dazzles the public with the 'creation' of an automated chess-playing machine that is secretly operated from within by an outcast Italian dwarf, until the mysterious death of a seductive countess places the machine under suspicion.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781400105137 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, September 1, 2007), cover price $37.99 | About this edition: Based on a true story, The Chess Machine is the breathtaking historical adventure of a legendary invention that astounded all who crossed its path.

9781400155132 | Mp3 una edition (Tantor Media Inc, September 1, 2007), cover price $24.99 | About this edition: Based on a true story, The Chess Machine is the breathtaking historical adventure of a legendary invention that astounded all who crossed its path.

How to Survive a Totally Boring Summer

When Randall and his friend Max start a chess club in the park to keep busy during the summer, there are unexpected benefits for the community, in the companion book to The Hero of Third Grade.

By Alice Delacroix and Cynthia Fisher (illustrator)

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Hardcover:

9780823420247 | Holiday House, May 15, 2007, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: When Randall and his friend Max start a chess club in the park to keep busy during the summer, there are unexpected benefits for the community.

The Chess Set in the Mirror

A boy who is being punished finds himself transported to the strange world on the other side of a mirror, where he encounters living chess pieces, as well as everything and everyone that was ever reflected in the mirror.

By Massimo Bontempelli, Estelle Gilson (trans) and Sto (illustrator)

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Paperback:

9781589880313 | Paul Dry Books Inc, April 30, 2007, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A boy who is being punished finds himself transported to the strange world on the other side of a mirror, where he encounters living chess pieces, as well as everything and everyone that was ever reflected in the mirror.

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