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The Hunger Games

List Price: $14.99In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen,... (read more)

Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy

When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana?s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too?but on his own terms.?Shocked yet thrilled by Grey?s singular erotic tastes, (read more)

Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)

List Price: $17.99Suzanne Collins continues the amazing story of Katniss Everdeen in the phenomenal Hunger Games trilogy.... (read more)

Mockingjay (The Final Book of The Hunger Games)

List Price: $17.99Product Description Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what's worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss's family, not her friends, not the people of District 12. Powerful and haunting, this thrilling final installment of (read more)

The Hunger Games Trilogy

List Price: $53.97The stunning Hunger Games trilogy is complete!The extraordinary, ground breaking New York Times bestsellers The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, along with the third book in The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay, are available for the first time ever in a beautiful e-book trilogy edition. Stunning, gripping, and powerful. The trilogy is now complete!(read more)

Market's decline may continue this week

Normally, a big decline would set stocks up for a technical rebound. But that may not be the case next week, even after the market posted its worst weekly loss for the year. 

Slideshow: What home buyers can get for $400,000

Each week, TODAY real estate expert Barbara Corcoran looks around the U.S. to see what home buyers can get for their money.

Price of gasoline drops 6 cents in the past 2 weeks

The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in the United States fell 6.2 cents to $3.78 in the last two weeks due to a drop in crude oil prices, partly on concerns about Europe's economy, according to the nationwide Lundberg Survey.

Facebook's nice-to-have problem: All that money

Last month, Mark Zuckerberg unilaterally decided to shell out $1 billion for Instagram, a social network based on mobile photos. As of Friday, Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg now has even more money to throw around.

Nasdaq 'embarrassed' about Facebook delay

The CEO of the Nasdaq stock exchange says it is "humbly embarrassed" by its bungling of Facebook's hugely anticipated debut as a public company on Friday.

Seven top tips for seeing the eclipse

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Put on your eclipse glasses, or scout out a sun-watching website: The first annular solar eclipse to pass through the United States in 18 years is on its way.

SpaceX launch abort traced to faulty rocket valve

A failed rocket engine valve appears to be responsible for the unexpected abort of a private SpaceX rocket launch before dawn on Saturday, officials said.

Is your HDTV underperforming? Here' s a really quick fix

Every TV has a button that zooms in on the picture, or changes the aspect ratio. These modes have a variety of names, but all have the same purpose. In reality, most of the time there is only one “correct” mode for a better picture. Here’s how to do it.

Video: Rare solar eclipse in the western US tonight

Msnbc's Thomas Roberts reports that the western US and eastern Asia will be able to see a rare solar eclipse tonight. (msnbc tv)

5 things you can do with Google’s new Knowledge Graph search

Earlier this week, Google introduced Knowledge Graph, the company's new search technology that understands "things not strings" and adds rich and relevant details about your query in the sidebar of your search results. Here are five great things you can now do with a quick Google search.

JPMorgan Chase loss only going to get worse

One thing seems clear about JPMorgan Chase's $2 billion loss. It's no longer $2 billion. It's likely much higher.

Nasdaq 'embarrassed' over Facebook trading issues - Reports

The chief executive of Nasdaq OMX said he was "embarrassed" after technical glitches caused Facebook's widely-anticipated IPO to be delayed Friday, according to several news reports.

Ex-Goldman director Rajat Gupta set for insider trading trial

Rajat Gupta was once a board member at Goldman Sachs and managing director of consulting giant McKinsey & Co. Now, he's the biggest target yet in the government's sprawling insider trading crackdown.

Stocks: Storm clouds continue to gather over Greece

Facebook is finally public, but that won't solve Greece's problems.

Postal Service's next deadline: Aug. 1

The next deadline facing Congress to save the U.S. Postal Service is Aug. 1. That's when the agency won't have enough money to make a $5.5 billion payment to a retirement fund mandated by law.