Michelle Alexander

Cornel West

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Argues that the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education and public benefits create a permanent under-caste based largely on race. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

The New Jim Crow

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Solomon Northup

A Memoir of Kidnap, Slavery and Liberation

Now a major motion picture! Kidnapped into slavery in 1841, Northup spent 12 years in captivity. This autobiographical memoir represents an exceptionally detailed and accurate description of slave life and plantation society. 7 illustrations. Index.

12 Years a Slave

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John Howard Griffin

Robert Bonazzi

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A white writer recounts his experiences in the American South following treatments that darkened his skin and shares his thoughts on the problems of prejudice and racial injustice.

Black Like Me

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LANDRETH

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The Art of the Relationship

Play therapy, described as a dynamic approach to counseling with children which allows the therapist to fully experience the child's world, is discussed in this book. These topics are presented: (1) the meaning of play, including functions of play and symbolic play; (2) history and development of play therapy, including psychoanalytic, release, relationship, and nondirective play therapy; (3) a view of children which discusses tenets for relating to children; (4) child-centered play therapy; (5) the play therapist; (6) the playroom and materials, including playroom location, size, toys, and characteristics; (7) the parent's part in the process; (8) beginning the relationship--the child's hour; (9) characteristics of facilitative responses; (1) therapeutic limit setting, including basic guidelines; (11) typical problems in play therapy; (12) issues in play therapy; (13) determining therapeutic process and termination; and (14) filial therapy--child-parent-relationship training using play therapy skills. Case studies of children who have these problems are included: pulling out hair; fearful and acting out behavior; terminal illness; manipulative behavior; and elective muteness. (ABL)

Play Therapy

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Lorraine Massey

Michele Bender

Deborah Chiel

Curly girl handbook on how to manage curly hair. Comes with a working dvd. 

The Handbook

The Curly Girl manifesto is back, now completely revised, updated, and expanded by more than a third with all-new material. Created by curly hair evangelist Lorraine Massey—the go-to curl expert featured in Allure, InStyle, Lucky, Seventeen, and The New York Times; and founder of several curly salons and curly products in New York City—Curly Girl is the surprising bible for the 65 percent of women with naturally curly or wavy hair and a desire to celebrate it. Curly Girl is packed with unique and fail-proof hair-care methods, inspiration, and an empowering pro-curl attitude. It’s all here: daily routines for Botticelli, fractal, and wavy curls; Lorraine’s no-more-shampoo epiphany—handle your hair as gently as you do your best cashmere sweater; homemade lotions and potions. New to this edition: an illustrated, step-by-step guide to trimming your own hair (remember: it’s not what you take off; it’s what you leave on); a section on the particular needs of wavy hair; Lorraine’s Down-and-Dirty Curly Boy Routine; more fabulous ’dos for weddings and other special occasions; a chapter on multicurltural hair written by an African American specialist. Plus, updated information on green and chemical-free products, 20 new Q&As, and a DVD with tutorials on caring for four different types of curls. From now on, there’s no such thing as a bad hair day.

Curly Girl

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Jessica Caplain

ASD or DSM 5 Aspergers in Kids, Teens, Girls/women and Adults with Long Term Autism or High Functioning Asperger Behavior Symptoms, Signs, Test Diagnosing and Treatments

"How To Finally Handle Your Child's Aspergers...Through These Easy Directions" Asperger's Syndrome (AS) is a type of developmental condition under the Autism Spectrum Disorder. While these children usually exhibit certain behavioral, physical, and social shortcomings, they can make up for it if you know how to guide them properly at every step of the way. This is precisely why this book was written - to help parents like you determine how you can help your child or loved one handle this problem. Though this book is primarily written for children? Some tips and advices can be used for teens and adults alike. You can expect varying progress after following the techniques revealed in this book. To help you boost the success rate, you need to put in the required amount of effort and time. This book will also provide you with a guide on what to look out for, if you suspect your child to have AS. Aside from this, you can learn more about the following aspects of AS: * Basics of Asperger's Syndrome * How Aspies are diagnosed * Ideal activities at home and in therapy sessions * Recommended toys and games for kids with AS * How they mingle with other people * How you can understand them better * Interesting bits of information about them * Avoiding burnout while you care for your child ...and so much more! Get your copy today! tags:adult aspergers, adult aspergers diagnosis, adults aspergers symptoms, apps for aspergers, asperger adult, asperger book children, asperger disorder, asperger female, asperger girls, asperger in love, asperger kenmerken, asperger kids, asperger kind, asperger long term, asperger marriage, asperger relationship, asperger romance, asperger signs, asperger symptoms, asperger syndrom, asperger syndrome, asperger syndrome diagnostic scale, asperger syndrome support groups, asperger syndrome symptoms, asperger syndrome test, asperger test, asperger volwassenen, asperger workbook, aspergers, aspergers adults, aspergers adults symptoms high functioning, aspergers and lying, aspergers assessment, aspergers behaviour, aspergers books, aspergers checklist, aspergers dating, aspergers famous people, aspergers girls, aspergers husband, aspergers in adults, aspergers in adults symptoms, aspergers in children, aspergers in teens, aspergers in women, aspergers marriage, aspergers quiz, aspergers r us, aspergers relationships, aspergers resources, aspergers school, aspergers signs, aspergers support, aspergers support group, aspergers symptoms, aspergers symptoms checklist, aspergers symptoms in girls, aspergers symptoms test, aspergers syndrome aspergers test, aspergers test child, aspergers test for adults, aspergers test for kids, aspergers traits, aspergers treatment, aspergers uk, aspergers women, autism and aspergers, autism behavior checklist, autism books, autism canada, autism checklist, autism dvd, autism foundation, autism interventions, autism ireland, autism prognosis, autism puzzle, autism recovery, autism software, autism specialist, autism strategies, autism support groups, autism victoria, autisme bij volwassenen, autisme kenmerken, autisme pdd nos, autisme test, autismo asperger tratamiento, autismo moderado, books on asperger's syndrome, characteristics of a child with autism, characteristics of aspergers, characteristics of autism, characteristics of autism spectrum disorder, childhood autism, como se diagnostica el asperger en niños, dating someone with aspergers, diagnosing aspergers in adults, dsm 5 aspergers,

Living with Aspergers Syndrome

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H. Richard Milner

Gloria Ladson-Billings

Understanding Diversity, Opportunity Gaps, and Teaching in Today's Classrooms

Start Where You Are, But Don't Stay There addresses a crucial issue in teacher training and professional education: the need to prepare pre-service and in-service teachers for the racially diverse student populations in their classrooms. A down-to-earth book, it aims to help practitioners develop insights and skills for successfully educating diverse student bodies. The book centers on case studies that exemplify the challenges, pitfalls, and opportunities facing teachers in diverse classrooms. These case studies-of white and African American teachers working (and preparing to work) in urban and suburban settings-are presented amid more general discussions about race and teaching in contemporary schools. Informing these discussions and the cases themselves is their persistent attention to opportunity gaps that need to be fully grasped by teachers who aim to understand and promote the success of students of greatly varying backgrounds.

Start Where You Are, but Don't Stay There

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Robert H. Lustig

Book about the dangers of poor diet. Missing the dust cover. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease

New York Times Bestseller

Robert Lustig’s 90-minute YouTube video “Sugar: The Bitter Truth”, has been viewed more than three million times. Now, in this much anticipated book, he documents the science and the politics that has led to the pandemic of chronic disease over the last 30 years.

In the late 1970s when the government mandated we get the fat out of our food, the food industry responded by pouring more sugar in. The result has been a perfect storm, disastrously altering our biochemistry and driving our eating habits out of our control.

To help us lose weight and recover our health, Lustig presents personal strategies to readjust the key hormones that regulate hunger, reward, and stress; and societal strategies to improve the health of the next generation. Compelling, controversial, and completely based in science, Fat Chance debunks the widely held notion to prove “a calorie is NOT a calorie”, and takes that science to its logical conclusion to improve health worldwide.

Fat Chance

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Michael Langford

Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

The Guide for Serious Photographers

This seminal photography text, now in its 10th edition and celebrating its 50th anniversary, has been revamped, reorganized, and modernized to include the most up-to-date, need to know information for photographers. Ideal for students, beginners, and advanced users wanting to brush up on the fundamentals of photography, this book is a must have for any photographer's bookcase. The heart of this text, however, retains the same comprehensive mix of scholarly and practical information. The new edition has been fully updated to reflect dynamic changes in the industry. These changes include: an expansion and overhaul of the information on digital cameras and digital printing; an emphasis on updating photographs to include a wider range of international work; replacement of many diagrams with photos; overhaul of the analogue sections to give a more modern tone (ie exposure measurement and film and filters with some more dynamic photo illustrations).

Langford's Basic Photography

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Joshua Glenn

Elizabeth Foy Larsen

The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun

The most original, entertaining, and instructive all-in-one book for kids ever published-jam-packed with information, ideas, and activities for children and their parents to share together

Unbored is the guide and activity book every modern kid needs. Vibrantly designed, lavishly illustrated, brilliantly walking the line between cool and constructive, it's crammed with activities that are not only fun and doable but also designed to get kids engaged with the wider world.

With contributions from a diverse crowd of experts, the book provides kids with information to round out their world view and inspire them to learn more. From how-tos on using the library or writing your representative to a graphic history of video games, the book isn't shy about teaching. Yet the bulk of the 350-page mega-resource presents hands-on activities that further the mission in a fun way, featuring the best of the old as well as the best of the new: classic science experiments, crafts and upcycling, board game hacking, code-cracking, geocaching, skateboard repair, yarn-bombing, stop-action movie-making-plus tons of sidebars and extras, including trivia, best-of lists, and Q&As with leading thinkers whose culture-changing ideas are made accessible to kids for the first time.

Just as kids begin to disappear into their screens, here is a book (along with its sequels, Unbored Adventure and Unbored Games) that encourages them to use those tech skills to be creative, try new things, and change the world. And it encourages parents to participate. Unbored is exciting to read, easy to use, and appealing to young and old, girl and boy. Parents will be comforted by its anti-perfectionist spirit and humor. Kids will just think it's awesome.

Contributors include Mark Frauenfelder of MAKE magazine; Colin Beavan, the No Impact Man; Douglas Rushkoff, renowned media theorist; Geoff Manaugh, author of BLDGBLOG; John Edgar Park, a CG supervisor at DisneyToon Studios; and Jean Railla, founder of GetCrafty.com and Etsy consultant.

Unbored

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Ferdinand Petrie

John Shaw

Depict the play of light on spring foliage silhouetted against a dark sky. Paint a vivid sunset over a lake. Capture the drama of waves surging toward the shore. The Big Book of Painting Nature in Watercolor provides 135 stimulating demonstrations in painting trees, skies, and water from beautiful photographs by one of the world's leading nature photographers. This book will be invaluable to landscape artists. The 600 magnificent illustrations and engaging text cover the entire range of watercolor techniques and give the artist in-depth instruction in painting beautiful images of the natural world in all seasons, weather, geographical variety, and at every time of day. Many of the lessons are followed by assignments designed to help you apply what you have just learned to new situations. The Big Book of Painting Nature in Watercolor is a must for everyone who wants to master the techniques for becoming a first-rate landscape painter.

The Big Book of Painting Nature in Watercolor

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Nicholas Yapp

Cool book about historical events in world culture. In English, German and French languages. 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

This series depicts the events of the twentieth century in a novel way. Fascinating black-and-white photographs from the Getty Images collection put images of the power of an event or the zaniness of new trends right before the viewers' eyes. The force of wars and political conflicts is just as important a theme in these comprehensive volumes as world-shaking innovations in science and technology. These are accompanied by portraits of great personalities in art, politics, and society. The lives of everyday people with their (at the time) common and not-so-common curiosities also com-prise an extensive part of each book: sailing on roller skates in 1929, painted-on nylon stockings in 1947, or a dry cleaner's where the charge for miniskirts varies according to their length

1950s

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Nick Yapp

Cool book about historical events in world culture. In English, German and French. 

1970s

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Hermann Hesse

A Novel

Blends elements of psychoanalysis and Asian religions to probe an Indian aristocrat's efforts to renounce sensual and material pleasures and discover ultimate spiritual truths

Siddhartha

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R. H. Sin

Samantha King Holmes

Robert M. Drake

From New York Times bestselling authors r.h. Sin and Robert M. Drake with bestselling poet Samantha King Holmes comes an ode for all women. This is the time to look into the mirror and see everything you've been fighting for. Yourself, a peace of mind, and everything your heart deserves. You fit inside these words.

She Fits Inside These Words

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Kevin Leman

Why You Are the Way You Are

Do you realize that of the first twenty-three astronauts in space, twenty-one were first borns and the other two were onlies? Did you know that first borns are natural leaders? They are our CEOs and presidents. Are you aware that entrepreneurs such as Donald Trump, Steve Forbes, and Bill Gates are more likely to come from the middle or later born positions in their families? Ever wonder how it is that your show-off kid sister became a top salesperson? It's also no coincidence that comedians Billy Crystal, Martin Short, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, and Whoopi Goldberg are all the youngest of their sex in their families. Birth order powerfully influences who you are, who you marry, the job you choose, and the kind of parent you are. With insight and wit, Dr. Leman's classic book will help you understand yourself, get along better with others, overcome ingrained tendencies you never thought you could get rid of, and be more successful in the workplace. Book jacket.

The Birth Order Book

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Mark Manson

Everything Is #%!ed Merch Ed: a Book about Hope

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Susan Thurman

Larry Shea

English

A One-Stop Source for Every Writing Assignment

The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need is the ideal resource for everyone who wants to produce writing that is clear, concise, and grammatically excellent. Whether you're creating perfect professional documents, spectacular school papers, or effective personal letters, you'll find this handbook indispensable. From word choice to punctuation to organization, English teacher Susan Thurman guides you through getting your thoughts on paper with polish. Using dozens of examples, The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need provides guidelines for: Understanding the parts of speech and elements of a sentence Avoiding the most common grammar and punctuation mistakes Using correct punctuating in every sentence Writing clearly and directly Approaching writing projects, whether big or small Easy to follow and authoritative, The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need provides all the necessary tools to make you successful with every type of written expression.

The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need

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Malcolm Gladwell

The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

Blink

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Patricia Schultz

Revised Second Edition

The world’s bestselling travel book is back in a more informative, more experiential, more budget-friendly full-color edition. A #1 New York Times bestseller, 1,000 Places reinvented the idea of travel book as both wish list and practical guide. As Newsweek wrote, it “tells you what’s beautiful, what’s fun, and what’s just unforgettable— everywhere on earth.” And now the best is better. There are 600 full-color photographs. Over 200 entirely new entries, including visits to 28 countries like Lebanon, Croatia, Estonia, and Nicaragua, that were not in the original edition. There is an emphasis on experiences: an entry covers not just Positano or Ravello, but the full 30-mile stretch along the Amalfi Coast. Every entry from the original edition has been readdressed, rewritten, and made fuller, with more suggestions for places to stay, restaurants to visit, festivals to check out. And throughout, the book is more budget-conscious, starred restaurants and historic hotels such as the Ritz, but also moderately priced gems that don’t compromise on atmosphere or charm. The world is calling. Time to answer.

1,000 Places to See Before You Die

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Alexia

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