Ahmed Shawki

No marks inside or out, no blemishes, no bent or fuzzed corners. Just a book I intended to read. I've decided that a lot of the non-fiction I read is really good stuff that is nevertheless not great for my mental health. So, my loss is your gain! 

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As always, I donate all my PangoBooks  proceeds (except what I use for shipping materials) to local (SE Pennsylvania) non-profits that support individuals, families, and neighborhoods in need. 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Pennsylvania

A sharp and insightful analysis of movements against racism, with essential lessons for today's struggles.

Black Liberation and Socialism

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Paul Kivel

No marks inside or out (ok, I did write my name in the inside of the front cover, and I covered it with a bookplate sticker—see photo above), no blemishes, no bent or fuzzed corners. Just a book I intended to read. I've decided that a lot of the non-fiction I read is really good stuff that is nevertheless not great for my mental health. So, my loss is your gain! 

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As always, I donate all my PangoBooks  proceeds (except what I use for shipping materials) to local (SE Pennsylvania) non-profits that support individuals, families, and neighborhoods in need. 

How White People Can Work for Racial Justice

Challenges mainstream opinions about the decline of racism, outlining a framework for understanding institutional racism while explaining how white activists can intervene in interpersonal and organizational situations to minimize discrimination against marginalized members of society. Original.

Uprooting Racism

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Maxine McClintock

I very conscientiously took NO NOTES in the book. Used Post-It Notes instead, and then removed them all. The book is probably “Like New,” but I went with “Excellent” because you can tell the book was read due to the slight creasing of the cover parallel to the paperback spine.

Here is an antidote to the talk about failing schools, education reform, test scores, teacher-value, curricular controversies, school choice. It is about what counts-a young person's self-formation and a teacher's work to support it. It's a quiet book, an illustration of what happens as thoughtful students interact with sensitive adults. Its title, Letters of Recommendation, hints at the angst felt about getting accepted by college, employer, and the world at large. But that angst hides the real challenge-forming an aware, purposeful sense of self. Letters of Recommendation shows this pedagogical problem when all the externals are right. Emilia, a girl who seemingly has it all, asks an admired teacher, Doc, for a letter of recommendation supporting early admission to a top college. Emilia withdraws the request, beginning to doubt what she's doing, and why, and what she really wants in life. Doc senses her unease. Letters result, back and forth through the school year, with subtle attention to the girl's emerging sense of self and the teacher's presence, both humane and professional. The year ends, the exchange stops; life's externals appear settled for now, with the larger questions deepened, but still open, as they always are. Letters offers no easy steps, no how-to's, no magic methods. Instead, it heightens awareness of what goes on as good education takes place. It affirms a student's self-reliance in the face of felt uncertainties and a teacher's trust that her presence as a full, human person has value and meaning in the work of education. The letters themselves do not exemplify an instructional method, but serve to direct attention to the inner lives of a student and her teacher. The letters create a thought-provoking book, a pedagogical dialogue. And the dialogue's privileged setting does not celebrate the rich and famous. It is a way to set aside the material complications, which intrude in our lives and make it difficult to concentrate on what is essential, not only for the few, but for each and all.

Letters of Recommendation

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#hardcover #fiction #arthuriansaga #morgan #arthurian #best-selling #highfantasy #marystewart 

Book is in Like New condition except for the used book sticker on the spine. 🙄

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I donate all money made from these book sales to local non-profits (SE Pennsylvania) that help people facing a wide range of crises. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Seeking revenge against the uncle who had murdered his father, young Prince Alexander sets out for Camelot to seek justice, only to run afoul of the bewitching Morgan LeFay, and joins forces with Alice, a beautiful pilgrim. By the author of The Crystal Cave.

The Prince and the Pilgrim

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#pulizterprize #fiction #historicalfiction #comics #antisemitism #nyc #Americanlit #literature

One of my favorite novels—one of those few that I couldn't bear to have end. 

The book is in good shape, slightly aged (see photo where one corner of the front cover is peeling back). For the record, the photos of the cover may make the book look worse than it is because the artwork aims for the look of an old comic book! :-)

Note: The list price was $15 when I bought it, but a certain near-monopoly e-tail site is selling new copies for $27 today. 

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I donate all money made from these book sales to local non-profits (SE Pennsylvania) that help people facing a wide range of crises. 


Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

A Novel

This brilliant epic novel set in New York and Prague introduces us to two misfit young men who make it big by creating comic-book superheroes. Joe Kavalier, a young artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdiniesque escape, has just smuggled himself out of Nazi-invaded Prague and landed in New York City. His Brooklyn cousin Sammy Clay is looking for a partner to create heroes, stories, and art for the latest novelty to hit America the comic book. Inspired by their own fears and dreams, Kavalier and Clay create the Escapists, The Monitor, and Luna Moth, inspired by the beautiful Rosa Saks, who will become linked by powerful ties to both men. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is the winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

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#paperback #tao #taoism #readings #spirituality #religion #balance #harmony #ideograms #teachings 

I've had the book for quite a while, and it does show signs of age, mostly slightly browning—and a few dogeared—pages. 

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I donate all money made from these book sales to local non-profits (SE Pennsylvania) that help people facing a wide range of crises. 

Living with Balance and Harmony

Everyday Tao

#paperback #English #grammar #writing #editing #copyediting #reference #education #language #linguistics

From the back cover:

A Student's Grammar of the English Language is a shorter and revised version of A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language, the widely acclaimed definitive grammar of modern English on which the authors worked in collaboration with Geoffrey Leech and Jan Svartvik.

The structure of the parent book has been preserved so that reference to it can easily be made, but this version takes particular account of the needs of students who require depth of treatment and also clear presentation with detailed exemplification. A Student's Grammar of the English Language draws on the most recent research, including new findings not only in grammar but also in the neighbouring fields of semantics, pragmatics, and text linguistics. Discourse features are dealt with throughout, as well as being the theme of a major chapter entitled: 'From Sentence to Text."

The authors are careful to point out those features of grammar which distinguish spoken from written, formal from informal, and British from American English.

A Student's Grammar of the English Language will be a standard work and an indispensable text book for all those who need an advanced and authoritative description of contemporary English.

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I donate all money made from these book sales to local non-profits (SE Pennsylvania) that help people facing a wide range of crises. 


English

A Student's Grammar of the English Language

#mindfulness #mbsr #meditation #stress #medicine #selfhelp #peace #wellbeing #howto #science 

I read this book roughly, more than once, and it shows. I mean, it's absolutely readable, but it's extra-soft, page corners are mushed a bit, and there's writing and underlining throughout—but I'd say light to moderate overall. This is why I'm starting the pricing at $1. It's a great primer on mindfulness meditation practice (with the Buddhism mostly edited out, for better or worse), so I didn't want just to throw it away. It's definitely still VERY useful and usable. And the price is right! :-)

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I donate all money made from these book sales to local non-profits (SE Pennsylvania) that help people facing a wide range of crises. 

Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness

A guide to awareness meditation methods offers a program for coping with illnesses as well as everyday stress

Full Catastrophe Living

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#paperback #paperback #justice #antiracism #activism #racism #injustice #socialjustice #BLM #race 

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