Joseph Heller

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Wisconsin

Joseph Heller's powerful, wonderfully funny, deeply moving novel is the story of David -- yes, King David -- but as you've never seen him before. You already know David as the legendary warrior king of Israel, husband of Bathsheba, and father of Solomon; now meet David as he really was: the cocky Jewish kid, the plagiarized poet, and the Jewish father. Listen as David tells his own story, a story both relentlessly ancient and surprisingly modern, about growing up and growing old, about men and women, and about man and God. It is quintessential Heller.

God Knows

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Robert Ludlum

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The Icarus Agenda

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James A. Michener

Steve Berry

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A Novel of Afghanistan

"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Random House, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House LLC, in 1963."--Back of title page.

Caravans

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Graham Greene

Mass Market Paperback. Label present on back cover. Some rubbing on back cover. See photos.
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In a poor, remote section of southern Mexico, the Red Shirts have taken control, God has been outlawed, and the priests have been systematically hunted down and killed. Now, the last priest strives to overcome physical and moral cowardice in order to find redemption. 240 pp.

The Power and the Glory

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Wear on edges and corners of covers. Small crease on cover. See photos.
MP1

"[A] mammoth epic of the islands, [a] vast panorama, wonderful."
THE BALTIMORE SUN
America's preeminent storyteller, James Michener, introduced an entire generation of readers to a lush, exotic world in the Pacific with this classic novel. But it is also a novel about people, people of strength and character; the Polynesians; the fragile missionaries; the Chinese, Japanese, and Filipinos who intermarried into a beautiful race called Hawaiians. Here is the story of their relationships, toils, and successes, their strong aristocratic kings and queens and struggling farmers, all of it enchanting and very real in this almost mythical place.

Hawaii

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A Blade of Grass

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Essays

Some Horses

Erich Maria Remarque

Arthur Wesley Wheen

A Novel

The testament of Paul Baumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army of World War I, illuminates the savagery and futility of war

All Quiet on the Western Front

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William Faulkner

Small rubbing/tear on inside where label once was. See photos.

In a novel about hopeless perseverance in the face of mortality, guileless Lena Grove searches for the father of her unborn child, Reverend Hightower is plagued by visions of Confederate horsemen, and drifter Joe Christmas is consumed by his mixed ancestry

Light in August

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The spine is taped towards the bottom. See photos.

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

The Healing/Corregidora/Eva's Man

Stephen Greenblatt

How the World Became Modern

Describes the impact that the translation of "On the Nature of Things" by Roman philosopher Lucretius had on history, inspiring artists, great thinkers, and scientists of the fifteenth century and fueling the beginning of the Renaissance.

The Swerve

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Joseph Weisberg

"This book is surely the best portrait of the working C.I.A. we have had in many years." --New York Times Book Review The most riveting and inventive spy novel to come along in years, published as vetted by the CIA itself, An Ordinary Spy is a dramatic portrait of modern espionage, filled with suspense, intrigue, and betrayal.

An Ordinary Spy

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Mitch Albom

Former library book with all the usual stamps and stickers. See photos. 
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What would happen if we called on God for help and God actually appeared? In Mitch Albom's profound new novel of hope and faith, a group of shipwrecked passengers pull a strange man from the sea. He claims to be "the Lord." And he says he can only save them if they all believe in him. Adrift in a raft after a deadly ship explosion, nine people struggle for survival at sea. Three days pass. Short on water, food and hope, they spot a man floating in the waves. They pull him in. "Thank the Lord we found you," a passenger says. "I am the Lord," the man whispers. So begins Mitch Albom's most beguiling and inspiring novel yet. Albom has written of heaven in the celebrated number one bestsellers The Five People You Meet in Heaven and The First Phone Call from Heaven. Now, for the first time in his fiction, he ponders what we would do if, after crying out for divine help, God actually appeared before us? What might the Lord look, sound and act like? In The Stranger in the Lifeboat, Albom keeps us guessing until the end: Is this strange and quiet man really who he claims to be? What actually happened to cause the explosion? Are the survivors already in heaven, or are they in hell? The story is narrated by Benji, one of the passengers, who recounts the events in a notebook that is later discovered--a year later--when the empty life raft washes up on the island of Montserrat. It falls to the island's chief inspector, Jarty LeFleur, a man battling his own demons, to solve the mystery of what really happened. A fast-paced, compelling novel that makes you ponder your deepest beliefs, The Stranger in the Lifeboat suggests that answers to our prayers may be found where we least expect them.

The Stranger in the Lifeboat

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Madeleine L'Engle

Former library edition with all the usual stamps and stickers. See photos.
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A Wrinkle in Time Movie Tie-In Edition

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Ellen S. Levine

Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories

In this inspiring collection of true stories, thirty African-Americans who were children or teenagers in the 1950s and 1960s talk about what it was like for them to fight segregation in the South-to sit in an all-white restaurant and demand to be served, to refuse to give up a seat at the front of the bus, to be among the first to integrate the public schools, and to face violence, arrest, and even death for the cause of freedom.

"Thrilling...Nothing short of wonderful."-The New York Times

Awards-

( A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
( A Booklist Editors' Choice

Freedom's Children

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Great Expectations

George MacDonald

The story of three people: the owner of the land, those who rent the land, and the servant girl of the tenants. When their children reach adulthood, their class distinctions demand that they be driven apart.

The Landlady's Master

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Out to Canaan

Kathryn Lasky

Former library book with all the usual stamps and stickers. See photos.
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Princess of Versailles, Austria-France 1769

Austria-France, 1769. Marie Antonia of Vienna has her whole life mapped out ahead of her. She is to marry Dauphin Louis Auguste, eldest grandson of King Louis XV. As his wife, she will be called Marie Antoinette and will be the highest princess of France. Upon the death of the King, she will become Queen Marie Antoinette. But she dreads both new roles.

Marie Antoinette

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Ann Patchett

Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening -- until a band of gunwielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, a moment of great beauty, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different continents become compatriots, intimate friends, and lovers.

Bel Canto

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Deborah Rodriguez

"[Deborah] Rodriguez paints a vivid picture of Afghan culture. . . . As if Maeve Binchy had written The Kite Runner."--Kirkus Reviews

After hard luck and heartbreak, Sunny finally finds a place to call home--in the middle of an Afghanistan war zone. There, the thirty-eight-year-old serves up her American hospitality to the expats who patronize her coffee shop, including a British journalist, a "danger pay" consultant, and a wealthy and well-connected woman. True to her name, Sunny also bonds with people whose language and landscape are unfamiliar to most Westerners, but whose hearts and souls are very much like our own: the maternal Halajan, who vividly recalls the days before the Taliban and now must hide a modern romance from her ultratraditional son; and Yazmina, a young Afghan villager with a secret that could put everyone's life in jeopardy. In this gorgeous first novel, New York Times bestselling author Deborah Rodriguez paints a stirring portrait of a faraway place where--even in the fog of political and social conflict--friendship, passion, and hope still exist. 
 
Originally published as A Cup of Friendship.

Praise for The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul
 
"A superb debut novel . . . [Deborah] Rodriguez captures place and people wholeheartedly, unveiling the faces of Afghanistan's women through a wealth of memorable characters who light up the page."--Publishers Weekly
 
"[A] fast-paced winner of a novel . . . the work of a serious artist with great powers of description at her disposal."--The Kansas City Star
 
"Readers will appreciate the in-depth, sensory descriptions of this oft-mentioned and faraway place that most have never seen."--Booklist
 
"Charming . . . [a book] to warm your heart."--Good Housekeeping

The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul (originally Published As a Cup of Friendship)

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Sarah Miller

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Reaching Helen Keller

Miss Spitfire

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Brian K. Vaughan

Cliff Chiang

Matt Wilson

From BRIAN K. VAUGHAN, New York Timesbestselling writer of SAGA, and CLIFF CHIANG, legendary artist of WONDER WOMAN,this gorgeous, oversized DELUXE HARDCOVER is the perfect way to experience thefirst two storylines of the smash-hit series that The Chicago Tribune named oneof the "Best Books of the Year."

Inthe early hours after Halloween of 1988, four 12-year-old newspaper deliverygirls uncover the most important story of all time. Suburban drama andotherworldly mysteries collide in this critically acclaimed story aboutnostalgia, first jobs, and the last days of childhood.

Collects issues 1 through 10, alongwith EXCLUSIVE EXTRAS, and a brand-new cover from CLIFF CHIANG!


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