Lisa Ko

Brand new unread, in perfect condition. National Book Award Finalist. 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New York

A Novel

FINALIST FOR THE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION Named a Best Book of 2017 by NPR, Entertainment Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed, Bustle, and Electric Literature “There was a time I would have called Lisa Ko’s novel beautifully written, ambitious, and moving, and all of that is true, but it’s more than that now: if you want to understand a forgotten and essential part of the world we live in, The Leavers is required reading.” —Ann Patchett, author of Commonwealth Lisa Ko’s powerful debut, The Leavers, is the winner of the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Fiction, awarded by Barbara Kingsolver for a novel that addresses issues of social justice. One morning, Deming Guo’s mother, Polly, an undocumented Chinese immigrant, goes to her job at a nail salon—and never comes home. No one can find any trace of her. With his mother gone, eleven-year-old Deming is left mystified and bereft. Eventually adopted by a pair of well-meaning white professors, Deming is moved from the Bronx to a small town upstate and renamed Daniel Wilkinson. But far from all he’s ever known, Daniel struggles to reconcile his adoptive parents’ desire that he assimilate with his memories of his mother and the community he left behind. Told from the perspective of both Daniel—as he grows into a directionless young man—and Polly, Ko’s novel gives us one of fiction’s most singular mothers. Loving and selfish, determined and frightened, Polly is forced to make one heartwrenching choice after another. Set in New York and China, The Leavers is a vivid examination of borders and belonging. It’s a moving story of how a boy comes into his own when everything he loves is taken away, and how a mother learns to live with the mistakes of the past.

The Leavers (National Book Award Finalist)

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Karen M. McManus

This story is riveting and clever, written with empathy and insight! Book is in excellent condition: no creases, stains, or overt signs of wear. You can tell it’s been read because it lies easily flat, and the dust cover is gently thumbed. But it was read by someone like myself who knows how to keep a book pristine while reading. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

"Pretty Little Liars meets The Breakfast Club" (EW.com) in this "flat-out addictive" (RT Book Reviews) story of what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive. Pay close attention and you might solve this. On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention. Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule. Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess. Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing. Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher. And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High's notorious gossip app. Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention Simon's dead. And according to investigators, his death wasn't an accident. On Monday, he died. But on Tuesday, he'd planned to post juicy reveals about all four of his high-profile classmates, which makes all four of them suspects in his murder. Or are they the perfect patsies for a killer who's still on the loose? Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them. An EW.com Selection for the Book You Have to Read in May A Bustle.com Best Young Adult Book of May 2017 A Popcrush Most Anticipated Young Adult Book of May 2017 "You'll tear through this juicy, super-fun (if murder can ever be fun?) thriller."--Bustle.com "An addictive, devour-in-one-sitting thriller with so many twists and turns you'll be wondering until the very end: Who really killed Simon?"--Kara Thomas, author of The Darkest Corners and Little Monsters ★"[As] McManus's intense mystery unfolds...each character becomes more complex and nuanced, adding richness and depth to the suspense." --VOYA, Starred Review "This fast-paced blend of Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, and classic John Hughes will leave readers racing to the finish as the try to unravel the mystery on their own."--Kirkus Reviews

One of Us Is Lying

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Zora Neale Hurston

I love this book! Lyrical and inspiring. This is a brand new unread copy in perfect condition, with a gorgeous cover, Foreword by Edwidge Danticat, and Afterword by Henry Louis Gates! 

Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Kwame Alexander

In perfect unread condition. This graphic novel is an adaptation of Alexander’s novel The Crossover. Illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile. 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

In this electric and heartfelt follow-up to Newbery-winner The Crossover, soccer, family, love, and friendship take center stage as twelve-year-old Nick learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams. From the dynamic team behind the graphic novel edition of The Crossover.

Booked Graphic Novel

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Jean Stein

This classic groundbreaking book is an oral history of Edie Sedgwick, model and actress who was the ingénue propelled to superstardom by Andy Warhol. Vivid portrayal of the turbulent 60s, the era of sex, drugs, and rock and roll aplenty. Brand new book, never read, copious black and white illustrations. 


American Girl

Chronicles the short life of Edie Sedgwick and her rise to become one of the Warhol superstars, as viewed by her family and such personalities as Capote, Vidal, and Warhol.

Edie

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Ann Cooper Albright

Unused unread perfect condition. Critical analysis for scholars or practitioners interested in dance, performance, and bodily DEI. 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The Body and Identity in Contemporary Dance

Feminist theory illuminates the radical cultural work of contemporary dance.

Choreographing Difference

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James McBride

National Book Award winner. Short stories. New and unread condition; the only thing is that the bottom has a slight water stain and the top is yellower than the sides. But no creases or marks. 

Exciting new fiction from James McBride, the first since his National Book Award-winning novel The Good Lord Bird.

The stories in Five-Carat Soul-none of them ever published before-spring from the place where identity, humanity, and history converge. They're funny and poignant, insightful and unpredictable, imaginative and authentic-all told with McBride's unrivaled storytelling skill and meticulous eye for character and detail. McBride explores the ways we learn from the world and the people around us. An antiques dealer discovers that a legendary toy commissioned by Civil War General Robert E. Lee now sits in the home of a black minister in Queens. Five strangers find themselves thrown together and face unexpected judgment. An American president draws inspiration from a conversation he overhears in a stable. And members of The Five-Carat Soul Bottom Bone Band recount stories from their own messy and hilarious lives.

As McBride did in his National Book award-winning The Good Lord Bird and his bestselling The Color of Water, he writes with humor and insight about how we struggle to understand who we are in a world we don't fully comprehend. The result is a surprising, perceptive, and evocative collection of stories that is also a moving exploration of our human condition.

Five-Carat Soul

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Gish Jen

Great popular book by a respected and very readable Chinese American author. Increasingly taught in schools and colleges. Book is in perfect unread condition. 

From the beloved author of Mona in the Promised Land and The Love Wife comes this comic masterpiece, an insightful novel of immigrants experiencing the triumphs and trials of American life.

 

Gish Jen reinvents the American immigrant story through the Chang family, who first come to the United States with no intention of staying. When the Communists assume control of China in 1949, though, Ralph Chang, his sister Theresa, and his wife Helen, find themselves in a crisis. At first, they cling to their old-world ideas of themselves.  But as they begin to dream the American dream of self-invention, they move poignantly and ironically from people who disparage all that is "typical American" to people who might be seen as typically American themselves. With droll humor and a deep empathy for her characters, Gish Jen creates here a superbly engrossing story that resonates with wit and wisdom even as it challenges the reader to reconsider what a typical American might be today.

Typical American

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N. K. Jemisin

Hugo award winner and wonderful intro to her unique world informed by a deep understanding of science, geology, and the environment. Book in excellent condition: no marks, tears or creases except small one at the top of the back cover, as shown. Extras, and two appendices. 

Broken Earth trilogy, book 1

"Intricate and extraordinary." - New York Times on The Fifth Season (A New York Times Notable Book of 2015) WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2016 This is the way the world ends...for the last time. A season of endings has begun. It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter. It starts with betrayal, and long dormant wounds rising up to fester. This is the Stillness, a land long familiar with catastrophe, where the power of the earth is wielded as a weapon. And where there is no mercy. For more from N. K. Jemisin, check out: The Inheritance Trilogy The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms The Broken Kingdoms The Kingdom of Gods The Inheritance Trilogy (omnibus edition) Shades in Shadow: An Inheritance Triptych (e-only short fiction) The Awakened Kingdom (e-only novella) Dreamblood Duology The Killing Moon The Shadowed Sun The Broken EarthThe Fifth SeasonThe Obelisk Gate

The Fifth Season

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Lois Lowry

This edition of this classic beloved dystopian tale, frequently taught in middle school, has great bonuses: interviews with Taylor Swift and two other actors from the film. Swift’s interview is fascinating as she recollects why the book so deeply affected her in middle school, and how she brought that memory and love to her role in the film. Book is in perfect condition except one minor fold on back cover: see pic. Middle

Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.

The Giver

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Alan Kaufman

An amazing anthology of short pieces of varied genres by a wide range of alternative, experimental authors, some more famous than others, some still living. Brand new book in perfect unread condition. 

The Outlaw Bible of American Literature will serve as a primer for generational revolt and an enduring document of the visionary tradition of authenticity and nonconformity in literature. This exuberant manifesto includes lives of the writers, on-the-scene testimony, seminal underground articles never before collected, photographs, cartoons, drawings, interviews, and, above all, the writings. Beat, Punk, Noir, Prison, Porn, Cyber, Queer, Anarchist, Blue Collar, Pulp, Sci-Fi, Utopian, Mobster, Political—all are represented. The Bible includes fiction, essays, letters, memoirs, journalism, lyrics, diaries, manifestoes, and selections from seminal film scripts, including Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now, and Taxi Driver. The editors have brought together an extravagant, eclectic, searing, and unforgettable body of work, showcasing Hustlers, Mavericks, Contrarians, Rockers, Barbarians, Gangsters, Hedonists, Provocateurs, Hipsters, and Revolutionaries—all in one raucous cauldron of rebellion and otherness. This prose companion to the best-selling award-winning Outlaw Bible of American Poetry features selections from Hunter S. Thompson, Exene Cervenka, Patti Smith, Dennis Cooper, Malcolm X, Sonny Barger, Maggie Estep, Lenny Bruce, Henry Miller, R. Crumb, Philip K. Dick, Iceberg Slim, Gil Scott-Heron, Kathy Acker, Jim Carroll, Charles Mingus, Norman Mailer, and many others.

The Outlaw Bible of American Literature

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Roger Osborne

Beautiful accessible and well designed world history for the 21st century. Respected scholar. B&w illustrations. Brand new unused perfect condition. No flaws or annotations. 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

A New History of the Western World

Ever since the attacks of September 11, 2001, Western leaders have described a world engaged in "a fight for civilization." But what do we mean by civilization? We believe in a Western tradition of freedom that has produced a fulfilling existence for many millions of people and a culture of enormous depth and creative power. But the history of our civilization is also filled with unspeakable brutality--for every Leonardo there is a Mussolini, for every Beethoven symphony a concentration camp, for every Chrysler Building a My Lai massacre.An ambitious historical assessment of the Western world--tying together the histories of empires, art, philosophy, science, and politics--Civilization reexamines and confronts us with all of our glories and catastrophes. At such a dangerous time in the world's history, this brilliant book is required reading.

Civilization

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Wayne Au

Anthony L. Brown

Dolores Calderón

James A. Banks

Michael Dumas

Collection of essays about culturally responsive pedagogy and epistemology, published 2016 by Teachers College at Columbia University. Brand new, no markings, notes, folds, or signs of wear. 

Communities of Color and Official Knowledge in Education

Within curriculum studies, a “master narrative” has developed into a canon that is predominantly White, male, and associated with institutions of higher education. This canon has systematically neglected communities of color, all of which were engaged in their own critical conversations about the type of education that would best benefit their children. Building upon earlier work that reviewed curriculum texts, this book serves as a much-needed correction to the glaring gaps in U.S. curriculum history. Chapters focus on the curriculum discourses of African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Latinos during what has been construed as the “founding” period of curriculum studies, reclaiming their historical legacy and recovering the multicultural history of educational foundations in the United States. Book Features: Challenges the historical foundations of curriculum studies in the United States during the turn of and early decades of the 20th century. Illuminates the curriculum conversations, struggles, and contentions of communities of color. Highlights curriculum historically as a site at the intersection of colonization, White supremacy, and Americanization in the United States. Brings marginalized voices from the community into the conversation around curriculum, typically dominated by university voices.

Reclaiming the Multicultural Roots of U. S. Curriculum

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Celestine Woo

Rachelle Chuang

Book of formal and free verse poetry. Themes: modern dance, and winter. I have 30+ years of experience in modern dance, and have been a choreographer. My poems meld dance imagery and expression with poetry. 94 pg. 

Frost Fair Dance

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Chapbook of poetry about religious trauma, family conflict, Chinese American culture. Formal poetry: sonnets, villanelle, blank verse, as well as free verse. 31 pg. 

Burnished Sol

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Ann Daly

The best part about this book is the copious illustrations, including photos, professional portraits, renditions of Duncan’s movement style, and even the lovely drawings adorning each chapter. 

Signs of wear include very minimal creases on front cover bottom right and upper corner and light annotations throughout book. Personally I actually really like seeing a prior reader’s thoughts, especially pertaining to dance and choreography, but I know most people don’t. 

Isadora Duncan in America

The larger-than-life story of an American dance icon.

Done into Dance

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Lisa Genova

Spine has minor creases as you can see in the picture. Other than that, in superb condition. No dog ears, folds, creases, stains, marks, or writing. 

Still Alice

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Perry Nodelman

Mavis Reimer

Excellent textbook by respected scholar Perry Nodelman, and Victorianist Mavis Reimer. In new perfect unread condition. No marks except my name inside front cover. 

English

3rd edition, 2003

Offers an overview of children's literature in the context of professional discussion of children's literature and reading. Focusing on controversial issues and designed to provoke thought and debate, this text examines literary response to and analysis of the field of literary texts written by adults for children.

The Pleasures of Children's Literature

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Anneliese A. Singh

Tim Wise

Derald Wing Sue

Brief, easy to read activities for teachers, advisors, and admin to incorporate. Excellent for both a one-off lesson as well as a more thorough curricular integration. 

Practical Activities to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collective Healing

A powerful and practical guide to help you navigate racism, challenge privilege, manage stress and trauma, and begin to heal.

Healing from racism is a journey that often involves reliving trauma and experiencing feelings of shame, guilt, and anxiety. This journey can be a bumpy ride, and before we begin healing, we need to gain an understanding of the role history plays in racial/ethnic myths and stereotypes. In so many ways, to heal from racism, you must re-educate yourself and unlearn the processes of racism. This book can help guide you.

The Racial Healing Handbook offers practical tools to help you navigate daily and past experiences of racism, challenge internalized negative messages and privileges, and handle feelings of stress and shame. You'll also learn to develop a profound racial consciousness and conscientiousness, and heal from grief and trauma. Most importantly, you'll discover the building blocks to creating a community of healing in a world still filled with racial microaggressions and discrimination.

This book is not just about ending racial harm--it is about racial liberation. This journey is one that we must take together. It promises the possibility of moving through this pain and grief to experience the hope, resilience, and freedom that helps you not only self-actualize, but also makes the world a better place.

The Racial Healing Handbook

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Jesse Hagopian

Denisha Jones

Opal Tometi

Unread, perfect condition. A very relevant anthology for teaching in contemporary times. 

I’ve reviewed the book on Goodreads. 

An Uprising for Educational Justice

Black Lives Matter at School is an essential resource for all those seeking to build an antiracist school system."

--Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning and #1 New York Times Bestselling Author 



Black Lives Matter at School succinctly generalizes lessons from successful challenges to institutional racism that have been won through the Black Lives Matter at School movement. This book will inspire many more educators and activists to join the Black Lives Matter at School movement at a moment when this antiracist work in our schools could not be more urgent and critical to education justice.



Contributors include Opal Tometi, who wrote a moving foreword, Bettina Love who shares a powerful chapter on abolitionist teaching, Brian Jones who centers Black Lives Matter at School in the historical context of the ongoing struggle for racial justice in education and prominent teacher union leaders from Chicago to Los Angeles and beyond who discuss the importance of anti-racist struggle in education unions. The book includes essays, interviews, poems, resolutions, and more from educators, students and parents around the country who have been building Black Lives Matter at School on the ground.

Black Lives Matter at School

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Syed M. Masood

Fantastic YA book: it’s hilarious, illuminating, genuinely moving, and a window into the lives of contemporary Muslim Americans. No simple black and white truths. An easy, entertaining, and educational read. This copy is brand new mint unread condition. 

"Following two families from Pakistan and Iraq in the 90s through to San Francisco in 2016, a comic novel about being Muslim immigrants in modern America"--

The Bad Muslim Discount

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Kurt Vonnegut

Brilliant book by master of satire! Brand new unread condition. 

"A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride!"--The New York Times 

Cat's Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat's Cradle is one of the twentieth century's most important works--and Vonnegut at his very best.

"[Vonnegut is] an unimitative and inimitable social satirist."--Harper's Magazine

"Our finest black-humorist . . . We laugh in self-defense."--Atlantic Monthly

Cat's Cradle

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Mantak Chia

Douglas Abrams

Maneew Chia

Rachel Carlton Abrams

Pretty amazing book!! You can see the back cover got munched: that plus the last page each have a major crease. Other than that, the book is in pristine condition with no writing, marks, or signs of wear. 

Sexual Secrets Every Couple Should Know

The bestselling authors of The Multi-Orgasmic Man show you and your partner how to: Experience intense multiple whole-body orgasms Pleasure each other profoundly Use sexuality for health and healing Deepen your love and spiritual relationship Couples will discover simple step-by-step techniques for a level of sexual pleasure, intimacy, and healing they may not have known was possible. This fully illustrated guide will inspire couples to make love all night-and make love last a lifetime.

The Multi-Orgasmic Couple

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In pristine condition except for the price tag that you can see was once on the front cover. No annotations or signs of wear. 

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Lisa Ko

The Leavers (National Book Award Finalist)

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One of Us Is Lying

Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Burnished Sol

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Done into Dance

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Still Alice

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