Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Washington

A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier

Pilgrim's Wilderness

Mary Pope Osborne

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

As a thank-you from Merlin and Morgan, Jack and Annie are sent on what should be a vacation at a luxurious resort in Cozumel, Mexico, but is, by mistake, an adventure with ancient Mayans, instead.

Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #53: Shadow of the Shark

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Magic Tree House Merlon Mission #44: A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time 

Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #30: Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve

Alexa Pearl

In book four in the Tales of Sasha series, Sasha has to pass the Princess Test. . . . But is she princess material? Sasha has just discovered that she is a princess of the flying horses! But before she can attend to any princess duties, she has to pass a Princess Test. In order to pass, she'll have to learn how to act regal, and she'll have to learn all about the history of the flying horses. But Sasha struggles with these things, and she isn't sure what to do. Will she find a way to pass the Princess Test?

Tales of Sasha 4: Princess Lessons

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In book three of the Tales of Sasha series, Sasha makes friends with one of the flying horses, but will she forget about her better-than-best friend Wyatt? Sasha and her better-than-best friend Wyatt have successfully made the journey beyond the trees that line their valley to discover Crystal Cove, a land where other flying horses live! Sasha is very excited to get to know these flying horses, and she makes friends with a spunky flying horse named Kimani. But Kimani is unsure of Wyatt since he doesn't have wings, and Wyatt is anxious to get home to Verdant Valley. Can Sasha figure out a way to make her friends get along?

Tales of Sasha 3: a New Friend

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In this second book is the Tales of Sasha series, Sasha, her best friend Wyatt, and their teacher Caleb journey into the forest to try and find where Sasha came from. Sasha has finally discovered what makes her different from her friends and family-she can fly! Determined to find other flying horses like her, Sasha sets out on a magical journey beyond the trees that line her valley, with the help of her teacher, Caleb, and her better-than-best friend, Wyatt.

Tales of Sasha 2: Journey Beyond the Trees

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In the first book of the Tales of Sasha series, a young horse named Sasha discovers a big secret about what makes her different from her friends and family. Sasha has always felt a little bit different from the other horses in her home of Verdant Valley. She loves running and jumping and the feeling of being in the air, and she longs to explore the forest beyond her valley. One day during class, the white patch on Sasha's back gives her an itching feeling that makes her want to soar, and she leaps over a big rock. When she lands, she realizes that her patch is sparkling! But what does it mean? Find out in the first book of this magical new series!

Tales of Sasha 1: The Big Secret

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Some minor fading, watermark on cover, and signs of age but interior pages in good condition.

The American Dream and The Zoo Story

Two Plays by Edward Albee: The American Dream and Zoo Story

Dave Barry on Parenting and Other Topics He Knows Very Little About

A brilliantly funny exploration of the twin mysteries of parenthood and families from the Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times–bestselling author of Insane City.
 
In his New York Times–bestselling I’ll Mature When I’m Dead, Dave Barry embarked on the treacherous seas of adulthood, to hilarious results. What comes next? Parenthood, of course, and families.

In uproarious, brand-new pieces, Barry tackles everything from family trips, bat mitzvah parties and dating (he’s serious about that title: “When my daughter can legally commence dating—February 24, 2040—I intend to monitor her closely, even if I am deceased”) to funeral instructions (“I would like my eulogy to be given by William Shatner”), the differences between male and female friendships, the deeper meaning of Fifty Shades of Grey, and a father’s ultimate sacrifice: accompanying his daughter to a Justin Bieber concert (“It turns out that the noise teenaged girls make to express happiness is the same noise they would make if their feet were being gnawed off by badgers”).

Let’s face it: families not only enrich our lives every day, they drive us completely around the bend. Thank goodness we have Dave Barry as our guide!

You Can Date Boys When You're Forty

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The Pink Floyd Odyssey

Called by The Chicago Tribune "the best book around on this enduringly popular band", Saucerful of Secrets is the first in-depth biography of this very private group. It goes beyond the smoke and lasers of Pink Floyd's incredible stage shows and into the secretive and often tumultuous lives of each band member. 16 pages of photographs.

Saucerful of Secrets

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The Sign of the Beaver

Stories

With her richly textured novels Susan Vreeland has offered pioneering portraits of the artist's life. Now, in a collection of profound wisdom and beauty, she explores the transcendent power of art through the eyes of ordinary people. Life Studies begins with historic tales that, rather than focusing directly on the great Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masters themselves, render those on the periphery-their lovers, servants, and children-as their personal experiences play out against those of Manet, Monet, van Gogh, and others. Vreeland then gives us contemporary stories in which her characters-a teacher, a construction worker, and an orphan for example-encounter art in meaningful, often surprising ways. A fascinating exploration of the lasting strength of art in everyday life, Life Studies is a dazzling addition to Vreeland's outstanding body of work.

Life Studies

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Complete with essays by Chesterton, Dobrée, Frye and Susanne K. Langer

The Clouds, Mandragola, Twelfth Night, The Miser, The Beggar's Opera, The Importance of Being Ernest, Uncle Vanya, and Arms and the Man

Eight Great Comedies 

I Remember Mama, Life with Father, and You Can't Take It with You

Three Comedies of American Family Life

Global Recipes for Kids to Discover and Cook (from the Co-Devisers of CBeebies' My World Kitchen)

Imagine a book that transports kids thousands of miles away with the fresh, healthy dishes of different lands. This book leads little people to explore countries and cuisines to try themselves. Simple recipes, using fresh, healthy and easy-to-source ingredients, with suggested substitutions, will open up different tastes, aromas and cuisines.

The World in My Kitchen

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Magic Tree House #1

Jack and his younger sister take a trip in their tree house back to the prehistoric past.

Dinosaurs Before Dark

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#paperback #childrensbook #fiction #magictreehouse #mystery #osborne 

Magic Tree House #7

Sunset of the Sabertooth

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Magic Tree House #10

Ghost Town at Sundown

Magic Tree House #12

Polar Bears Past Bedtime 

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Magic Tree House #22

Revolutionary War on Wednesday 

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Magic Tree House #28

High Tide In Hawaii

Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit

"I like to play indoors better 'cause that's where all the electrical outlets are," reports a fourth-grader. Never before in history have children been so plugged in—and so out of touch with the natural world. In this groundbreaking new work, child advocacy expert Richard Louv directly links the lack of nature in the lives of today's wired generation—he calls it nature deficit—to some of the most disturbing childhood trends, such as rises in obesity, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), and depression. Some startling facts: By the 1990s the radius around the home where children were allowed to roam on their own had shrunk to a ninth of what it had been in 1970. Today, average eight-year-olds are better able to identify cartoon characters than native species, such as beetles and oak trees, in their own community. The rate at which doctors prescribe antidepressants to children has doubled in the last five years, and recent studies show that too much computer use spells trouble for the developing mind. Nature-deficit disorder is not a medical condition; it is a description of the human costs of alienation from nature. This alienation damages children and shapes adults, families, and communities. There are solutions, though, and they're right in our own backyards. Last child in the Woods is the first book to bring together cutting-edge research showing that direct exposure to nature is essential for healthy childhood development—physical, emotional, and spiritual. What's more, nature is a potent therapy for depression, obesity, and ADD. Environment-based education dramatically improves standardized test scores and grade point averages and develops skills in problem solving, critical thinking, and decision making. Even creativity is stimulated by childhood experiences in nature. Yet sending kids outside to play is increasingly difficult. Computers, television, and video games compete for their time, of course, but it's also our fears of traffic, strangers, even virus-carrying mosquitoes—fears the media exploit—that keep children indoors. Meanwhile, schools assign more and more homework, and there is less and less access to natural areas. Parents have the power to ensure that their daughter or son will not be the "last child in the woods," and this book is the first step toward that nature-child reunion.

Last Child in the Woods

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An Eater's Manifesto

#1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of How to Change Your Mind, The Omnivore's Dilemma, and Food Rules Food. There's plenty of it around, and we all love to eat it. So why should anyone need to defend it? Because in the so-called Western diet, food has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusion--most of what we’re consuming today is longer the product of nature but of food science. The result is what Michael Pollan calls the American Paradox: The more we worry about nutrition, the less healthy we see to become. With In Defense of Food, Pollan proposes a new (and very old) answer to the question of what we should eat that comes down to seven simple but liberating words: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." Pollan’s bracing and eloquent manifesto shows us how we can start making thoughtful food choices that will enrich our lives, enlarge our sense of what it means to be healthy, and bring pleasure back to eating.

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Two Plays by Edward Albee: The American Dream and Zoo Story

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You Can Date Boys When You're Forty

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Life Studies

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Eight Great Comedies

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Three Comedies of American Family Life

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The World in My Kitchen

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Dinosaurs Before Dark

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Sunset of the Sabertooth

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Ghost Town at Sundown

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Revolutionary War on Wednesday

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In Defense of Food

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