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Cent and her parents can teleport, but they are the only three people on the planet who possess this talent. And, really, its not an easy secret to keep, especially when the government wants to use your talent to fix their problems.

A new and highly contagious virus makes its way across the globe. For most, the virus is nothing worse than the flu, but for the unlucky 1% of the population, it results in locked-in syndrome: the victim is fully awake and aware but unable to respond. Fifteen years later, integrators are able to let the locked-in borrow their bodies, when a single murder rocks this new world and everything they thought was true.

Prudence "Roo" Jones is a retired Caribbean Intelligence operative who spends his free time on his catamaran dodging hurricanes. One day he receives a package from a murdered spy and his calm life is now a part of the storm. 

WIN IT FOR .... is a tribute to a most underrated virtue --- loyalty. It is a sonnet to a team, the Boston Red Sox, that has been a defining obsession for an entire region of people for more than five generations. The book features a collection of searing and heartfelt postings from hundreds of fans who wanted to dedicate a Red Sox victory in the 2004 American League playoffs and World Series to some unforgettable people in their lives.

WHY NOT US? is about what the Red Sox's amazing victory in the 2004 World Series meant to the fans. It's about how it felt to be a Red Sox fan --- not only at 20 minutes to midnight on October 27, 2004, but decades before. Leigh Montville, best-selling author of TED WILLIAMS and AT THE ALTAR OF SPEED, has interviewed dozens of fans: friends, friends of friends, old sportswriters, ball-players, public figures, and plain folk. Here are their bittersweet stories of passion and pain, eternal hope and crushing despair, the seemingly endless agony and the strange ecstasy of being a Red Sox fan.

The book reaches back to Bobby Doerr's rookie season in 1937, and continues through Dennis Eckersley's emotional retirement in 1998. It captures the career highlights of 40 of the greatest Red Sox player and managers over the last 60 years.

The Boston Red Sox and its innumerable fans are still flying high from the triumphs over the New York Yankees in the 2004 playoffs and the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series --- lifting the curse of the Bambino once and for all. The magnificent history leading up to this event unfolds in the pages of this loving testament to the players, fans, triumphs, and frustrations of the team from Fenway Park. Packed to the bleachers with color illustrations, essays by some of the most gifted writers in the nation, and countless statistics, it's the complete guide to this founding team of the American League that is sure to be a grand slam against a line-up of rival titles.

Containing everything from crucial stats to tips on restaurants and Fenway-area parking, this is an essential reference book for Sox fans new and old.

Former Cubs great Ron Santo has selected the top five players at each position, as well as the five all-time greatest Cubs managers and teams. His compilation evokes cherished memories of one of the richest histories in sports and fuels the eternal optimism that has defined this beloved franchise.

The Chicago Cubs inspire a rare kind of devotion, a never-give-up, wait-till-next-year enthusiasm undiminished by ninety-five years without a World Series victory. In this thrilling day-to-day account of the 2004 season, Gene Wojciechowski captures the indelible spirit of a team.