Jen Campbell

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Illinois

'Can books conduct electricity?'

'My children are just climbing your bookshelves: that's ok... isn't it?'

A John Cleese Twitter question ['What is your pet peeve?'], first sparked the "Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops" blog, which grew over three years into one bookseller's collection of ridiculous conversations on the shop floor. From 'Did Beatrix Potter ever write a book about dinosaurs?' to the hunt for a paperback which could forecast the next year's weather; and from 'I've forgotten my glasses, please read me the first chapter' to 'Excuse me... is this book edible?'

This full-length collection illustrated by the Brothers McLeod also includes top 'Weird Things' from bookshops around the world.

Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops

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John Green

Signed! First edition, print run was signed on tip in sheets. 

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few more years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis, but when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at the Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. By the award-winning author of Looking for Alaska.

The Fault in Our Stars

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J. K. Rowling

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

The Casual Vacancy

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Robert Galbraith

The Cuckoo's Calling

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Gayle Forman

Signed! Light damage from price sticker, see photos.

With no memory of the car accident itself, 17-year-old Mia must come to terms with never really knowing what happened one horrific winter's day that changed her life forever.

If I Stay

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

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Michaela Coel

A Personal Manifesto

From the brilliant mind of Michaela Coel, creator and star of I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum, comes a passionate and inspired declaration against fitting in. When invited to deliver the MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, Michaela Coel touched a lot of people with her striking revelations about race, class and gender, but the person most significantly impacted was Coel herself. Building on her celebrated speech, Misfits immerses readers in her vision through powerful allegory and deeply personal anecdotes—from her coming of age in London public housing to her discovery of theater and her love for storytelling. And she tells of her reckoning with trauma and metamorphosis into a champion for herself, inclusivity, and radical honesty. With inspiring insight and wit, Coel lays bare her journey so far and invites us to reflect on our own. By embracing our differences, she says, we can transform our lives. An artist to her core, Coel holds up the path of the creative as an emblem of our need to regard one another with care and respect—and transparency. Misfits is a triumphant call for honesty, empathy and inclusion. Championing “misfits” everywhere, this timely, necessary book is a rousing coming-to-power manifesto dedicated to anyone who has ever worried about fitting in.

Misfits

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Kathryn Pauline

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

125+ Recipe Variations for Delicious Meals All Year Round

While many cookbooks are organized by season, (meaning three quarters of the book goes unused for three quarters of the year), A DISH FOR ALL SEASONS flips the script. This creative approach to seasonal cooking features 26 go-to recipes, each with 4 variations. Every dish includes a base recipe - such as a simple frittata, Panzanella salad, sheet pan dinner, or loaf cake - plus 4 adaptations based on the season. Also included are simple instructions and formulas for creating original dishes, giving readers the tools they need to improvise based on the ingredients they have on hand. New and weeknight cooks will appreciate the ease and flexibility of the recipes, and home cooks of all skill levels will enjoy creating seasonal, sustainable dishes that highlight fresh ingredients all year long. With an inviting, photo-rich interior and an unintimidating-yet-substantial package, this is a versatile, repertoire-building cookbook for delicious food at every meal.

A Dish for All Seasons

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Kate Fox

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour

A bestseller in the UK, Watching the English is a biting, affectionate, insightful and often hilarious look English Society. Putting the English national character under her anthropological microscope, Fox finds a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and bizarre codes of behavior. Through a mixture of anthropological analysis and her own unorthodox experiments-even using herself as a reluctant guinea-pig-Fox discovers what these unwritten codes tell us about Englishness.

Watching the English

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Heidi Swanson

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Whole-Food, Vegetarian Recipes for Real Life [a Cookbook]

"Whole food, vegetarian recipes for quick weeknight meals full of flavor, spice, color, and nutrition from New York Times bestselling author Heidi Swanson. Chapters feature recipes for make-ahead mornings, weeknight noodles, one-bowl baking, the best salads, nourishing soups and stews, single skillets, sheet-pan meals, tasty grills, and easy-drinking refreshers, while a power pantry provides the staples you'll want to have on hand"--

Super Natural Simple

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Craig Taylor

The Days and Nights of London Now--As Told by Those Who Love It, Hate It, Live It, Left It, and Long for It

"Craig Taylor is the real deal: a peerless journalist and a beautiful craftsman."

--David Rakoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Fraud and Half Empty

"Londoners is a wonderful book--I wanted it to be twice as long."

--Diana Athill, New York Times bestselling author of Somewhere Towards the End

In Londoners, acclaimed journalist Craig Taylor paints readers an epic portrait of today's London that is as rich and lively as the city itself. In the style of Studs Terkel (Working, Hard Times, The Good War) and Dave Isay (Listening Is an Act of Love), Londoners offers up  the stories, the gripes, the memories, and the dreams of those in the great and vibrant British metropolis who "love it, hate it, live it, left it, and long for it," from a West End rickshaw driver to a Soldier of the Guard at Buckingham Palace to a recovering heroin addict seeing Big Ben for the very first time. Published just in time for the 2012 London Olympic Games, Londoners is a glorious literary celebration of one of the world's truly great cities.



Londoners

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Roy Thomas

Travel to the World War II front lines with Wonder Woman at your side.  With over 35 classic comics from her first 5 years in circulation, Wonder Woman the War Years tells her origin story in the original art. 



Warrior princess, leader of the Amazons, and a primary member of "The Big Three" and The Justice League.  Wonder Woman is among the most famous heroes of all time. From her introduction in 1941, she has been a shining example of feminism and the strength not just to women across the globe, but to all mankind.



Despite the fact that she's famous now, she had humble beginnings among a slew of other female super heroes that had their inception in the 1940s, but were seen very little after then.  Created during World War II to foil Axis plots and defeat Nazis, Wonder Woman still fights to this day for truth, honor, and the little guy.  Wonder Woman: The War Years (1941-1945) details how she used her super speed, strength, and Golden Lasso of Truth during World War II to bring peace and justice to a turbulent world.

 

These original stories show Wonder Woman at her best and allow the reader to relive the Golden Age of Comics.  Follow her pilot plots such as the following:

 * The first appearance of Doctor Poison
 * The Justice Society and the war with Japan
 * The men behind Wonder Woman
 * The Secret of Baroness Von Gunther
 * Wanted by Hitler dead or alive
 * The Battle for Womanhood
 * The March of the Dimes
 * The Invasion of Paradise Island
 * Wonder Woman for President
 * Wonder Woman advocating for waste paper recycling

Brush up on the history of the world's favorite heroine, Wonder Woman, with Wonder Woman the War Years.  Part of The DC Comics War Years trilogy that celebrates the Golden Age of heroes.



Other titles in the DC Comics: The War Years series include: Batman: The War Years 1939-1945, Superman: The War Years 1938-1945.

Wonder Woman: the War Years 1941-1945

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Dinah Bucholz

From Cauldron Cakes to Knickerbocker Glory--More Than 150 Magical Recipes for Wizards and Non-Wizards Alike

“A fun way to get kids interested in Harry Potter also interested in food.” —New York Magazine Conjure up feasts that rival the Great Hall’s, sweets fit for the Minister of Magic, snacks you’d find on the Hogwarts Express, and more! This bestselling unofficial Harry Potter cookbook is perfect for chefs of all ages, from new readers to longtime fans—no wands required! Bangers and mash with Harry, Ron, and Hermione in the Hogwarts dining hall. A proper cuppa tea and rock cakes in Hagrid's hut. Cauldron cakes and pumpkin juice on the Hogwarts Express. With this cookbook, dining a la Hogwarts is as easy as Banoffee Pie! With more than 150 easy-to-make recipes, tips, and techniques, you can indulge in spellbindingly delicious meals drawn straight from the pages of your favorite Potter stories, such as: Treacle Tart--Harry's favorite dessert Molly's Meat Pies--Mrs. Weasley's classic dish Kreacher's French Onion Soup Pumpkin Pasties--a staple on the Hogwarts Express cart With a dash of magic and a drop of creativity, you'll conjure up the entrees, desserts, snacks, and drinks you need to transform ordinary Muggle meals into magical culinary masterpieces, sure to make even Mrs. Weasley proud!

The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook

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Colin Kaepernick

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The Movement for a Future Without Policing and Prisons

Edited by activist and former San Francisco 49ers super bowl quarterback Colin Kaepernick, Abolition for the People is a manifesto calling for a world beyond prisons and policing. Abolition for the People brings together thirty essays representing a diversity of voices--political prisoners, grassroots organizers, scholars, and relatives of those killed by the anti-Black terrorism of policing and prisons. This collection presents readers with a moral choice: "Will you continue to be actively complicit in the perpetuation of these systems," Kaepernick asks in his introduction, "or will you take action to dismantle them for the benefit of a just future?" Powered by courageous hope and imagination, Abolition for the People provides a blueprint and vision for creating an abolitionist future where communities can be safe, valued, and truly free. "Another world is possible," Kaepernick writes, "a world grounded in love, justice, and accountability, a world grounded in safety and good health, a world grounded in meeting the needs of the people." The complexity of abolitionist concepts and the enormity of the task at hand can be overwhelming. To help readers on their journey toward a greater understanding, each essay in the collection is followed by a reader's guide that offers further provocations on the subject. Newcomers to these ideas might ask: Is the abolition of the prison industrial complex too drastic? Can we really get rid of prisons and policing altogether? As writes organizer and New York Times bestselling author Mariame Kaba, "The short answer: We can. We must. We are." Abolition for the People begins by uncovering the lethal anti-Black histories of policing and incarceration in the United States. Juxtaposing today's moment with 19th-century movements for the abolition of slavery, freedom fighter Angela Y. Davis writes "Just as we hear calls today for a more humane policing, people then called for a more humane slavery." Drawing on decades of scholarship and personal experience, each author deftly refutes the notion that police and prisons can be made fairer and more humane through piecemeal reformation. As Derecka Purnell argues, "reforms do not make the criminal legal system more just, but obscure its violence more efficiently." Blending rigorous analysis with first-person narratives, Abolition for the People definitively makes the case that the only political future worth building is one without and beyond police and prisons. You won't find all the answers here, but you will find the right questions--questions that open up radical possibilities for a future where all communities can thrive.

Ariel D

@ariel374572

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