George Garrigues

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

California

The Westside neighborhood of Palms is the oldest suburb of Los Angeles. Founded in 1886 halfway between L.A. and the beach on a steam railroad line, Palms attracted wealthy Angelinos escaping the summer's downtown heat as well as Easterners seeking a new life in "the natural home of the fig, olive, lemon, lime, apricot, and that class of fruit that brings the largest profit in the local market." Rancho Park and Mar Vista had yet to make it onto maps--it was all "The Palms." The school district stretched from the Santa Monica Mountains on the north toward Redondo Beach on the south. A lively social and business life sprang up, but gradually the metropolis enfolded Palms, which was annexed into Los Angeles in 1915. After World War II, subdivisions brought young families, the flatlands became a huge swath of apartments, and the barren hill area became the tree-shrouded Westside Village.

Los Angeles's the Palms Neighborhood

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Kathryn W. Burke

The Hudson River Valley, an invaluable connection between New England and the rest of the colonies during the American Revolution, continues to be a major crossroads today. The Hudson River bridges were architectural marvels of their time. The Bear Mountain Bridge was the longest suspension bridge, while the Newburgh Beacon second span was built with a new type of weathering steel. The bridges were constructed during important times in history. The Bear Mountain Bridge was built as the automobile became an integral part in the country's development, and the Mid-Hudson Bridge was built during the Depression. Labor disputes helped develop labor laws, and world wars led to changes in activity on the bridges. Through historical photographs from sources including the New York State Bridge Authority and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Hudson River Bridges documents how these structures remain beautiful testaments to cooperative efforts during trying times in America's history.

Hudson River Bridges

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Gwen Olins

Evan Olins

Lei in a Bottle

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Lon Kilgore

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

"The first section lays out basic principles of anatomy and learning anatomy, as it relates to exercise performance and coaching... The second section delivers, from the ground up, a tour of the bones, joints, muscles, and other structures important to the human at work and play." -- p. 4 of cover.

Anatomy Without a Scalpel

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Donny Osmond

Patricia Romanowski

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

My Story So Far

At age five, Donny Osmond first sang his way into North Americas heart. By the time he was a teenager, he had four separate careers successfully underway, as a solo artist, as a member of the Osmond Brothers, as part of a singing duo with his sister, Marie, and as the co-host of a highly successful network television variety show. But by the early 80s, public perception had changed, and Donny discovered that, thanks to his squeaky-clean image, his very name had become poison. In this inspiring autobiography, Donny tells what it is like to survive the ups and downs of the entertainment business while trying to keep his faith, dignity, and sense of humor intact. He recalls memories of his experiences with a variety of celebrities, from Groucho Marx and Lucille Ball to Michael Jackson and Howard Stern. He shares how he finally achieved resolution through marriage, fatherhood, perseverance, and self-acceptance. And he recounts the long and difficult road leading to a renewed recording career, nearly two thousand triumphant performances in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and a new nationally syndicated talk show. The millions of people who watched Donny grow up are now embracing the man whose life and career exemplify the classic values that so many now share.

Life Is Just What You Make It

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Boy George

Spencer Bright

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The Autobiography of Boy George

The personal story of pop star Boy George describes his experiences with Culture Club, including a relationship with drummer Jon Moss, serious heroin addiction, and return to health and reacquired success. $100,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Take It Like a Man

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John Lahr

Very interesting read on the life of this amazing man 

Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh

A biography of one of America's most treasured playwrights describes the writer's public persona as well as his more personal life, including conflicts with his family, his sexuality and multiple affairs and even his misreported death. 35,000 first printing.

Tennessee Williams

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Shaun Considine

The Divine Feud

"Sizzling! They still make today's stars look like pups." Liz Smith, Columnist

Bette and Joan

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Emma Pettit

Fascinating book on the independent record stores

The Independent Record Shop

There is nothing quite like the feeling of thumbing through LP after LP in a dusty old record shop, only to stumble upon some hidden treasure, new obsession or forgotten love. Old Rare New: The Independent Record Shop is an homage to the holy places of music collecting, complete with their particular anecdotes, peculiar characters, and unique environments. Emma Pettit, formerly of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, has traveled across America into these eclectic spaces of musical exchange, interviewing record shop owners, collectors and musicians to provide a rich account of the increasingly rare independent record shop. The shops featured include: Other Music (New York), Aquarius Records (San Francisco), Amoeba Records (California) and Jazz Record Mart (Chicago).

Old Rare New

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Roberto Koch

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Bringing the Great Photographers into Focus

PhotoBox presents a collection of 250 photographs by 200 of the world's most prominent photographers, ranging from legendary masters to contemporary stars, in an appealing format with a portfolio binding. Photographers include Ansel Adams, Richard Avedon,Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Elliot Erwitt, Robert Frank, Nan Goldin, David LaChapelle, Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton, and many more. Each image is accompanied by an engaging commentary and a brief biography of the photographer. PhotoBox is an irresistible and amazingly affordable survey of photography.

Photo Box

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Roderick Whitfield

Susan Whitfield

Neville Agnew

Lois Conner

Wu Jian

Art and History on the Silk Road

The Mogao grottoes in China, situated near the oasis town of Dunhuang on the fabled Silk Road, constitute one of the world's most significant sites of Buddhist art. In some five hundred caves carved into rock cliffs at the edge of the Gobi desert are preserved one thousand years of exquisite murals and sculpture. Mogao, founded by Buddhist monks as an isolated monastery in the late fourth century, evolved into an artistic and spiritual center whose renown extended from the Chinese capital to the far western kingdoms of the Silk Road. Among its treasures are miles of stunning wall paintings, more than two thousand statues, magnificent works on silk and paper, and thousands of ancient manuscripts, such as sutras, poems, and prayer sheets, which in 1900 were found sealed in one of the caves and then dispersed to museums throughout the world. Illustrated in color throughout, Cave Temples of Mogao combines lavish photographs of the caves and their art with the fascinating history of Mogao, Dunhuang, and the Silk Road to create a vivid portrait of this remarkable site. Chapters discuss the development of the cave temples, the iconography of the wall paintings, and the extraordinary story of the rare manuscripts, including the oldest printed book in existence, a ninth-century copy of the Diamond Sutra. The book also describes the long-term collaboration between the Getty Conservation Institute and Chinese authorities in conservation projects at Mogao as well as the caves and the museum that can be visited today. The publication of this book coincides with the centenary of the discovery of the manuscripts in the Library Cave.

Cave Temples of Mogao

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Roland Hill

Fritz Dressler

Brendan Lehane

Shrink wrapped coffee table book of the wonders of Ireland 

Ireland

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Martin Nicholas Kunz

Our author travelled the globe to assemble an impressive collection of creative hotel pool designs, which he has documented with fascinating photos and rich details. Special emphasis is given to the influence of the various cultures in Europe, American, Asia and Africa on the architectural styles. The reader is witness to an inspiring blend of austere shapes, soft lines, outstanding technological achievements, and playful, colourful, ethnic architectures. For anyone searching for wonderful planning ideas--even for private pools--this book provides a comprehensive orientation and numerious examples: from indoor pools in small spaces, to bathing ponds, from infinity pools, sporty Olympic-sized outdoor pools, to an aesthetic stone grotto.

Best Designed Hotel Pools

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Mary K. Nixon

Still essential info on youth related injuries 

The Essential Guide to Assessment and Intervention

This edited volume features evidence-based reviews and practical approaches for the professional in the hospital, clinic, community and school, with case examples throughout. Divided into five major sections, the book offers background historical and cultural information, discussion of self-injury etiology, assessment and intervention/prevention issues, and relevant resources for those working with youths who self-injure.

Self-Injury in Youth

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Jeff Gold

The Golden Age of Vinyl from the Beatles to the Sex Pistols

The story behind rockmusics most famous record covers as told by some of music business' most profilic rockstars.

101 Essential Rock Records

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Pat Loud

Lance Loud was America's first gay icon as well as an outspoken member of the famous Loud family, which gave America one of its first "reality" television shows.In this title, his mother Pat chronicles through her archive of Lance's photographs, drawings, notes, and even his letters as a fourteen-year-old admirer of Andy Warhol to his progression from Santa Barbara hometown boy to New York City Warhol Underground originator.

Lance Out Loud

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Max Allan Collins

The Racy Pin-Ups of World War II

Contains a collection of graphic art pictures of pin-up girls that went into battle with allied soldiers during World War II.

For the Boys

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Victoria Saker Woeste

Very relevant today about the legal battle about hate speech

Henry Ford is remembered in American lore as the ultimate entrepreneur—the man who invented assembly-line manufacturing and made automobiles affordable. Largely forgotten is his side career as a publisher of antisemitic propaganda. This is the story of Ford's ownership of the Dearborn Independent, his involvement in the defamatory articles it ran, and the two Jewish lawyers, Aaron Sapiro and Louis Marshall, who each tried to stop Ford's war. In 1927, the case of Sapiro v. Ford transfixed the nation. In order to end the embarrassing litigation, Ford apologized for the one thing he would never have lost on in court: the offense of hate speech. Using never-before-discovered evidence from archives and private family collections, this study reveals the depth of Ford's involvement in every aspect of this case and explains why Jewish civil rights lawyers and religious leaders were deeply divided over how to handle Ford.

Henry Ford's War on Jews and the Legal Battle Against Hate Speech

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Milton Okun

Richard Sparks

Tales from the Life of Music Industry Legend Milton Okun

Along the Cherry Lane

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Napoleon Hill

The Principles of Self-Creation

The updated and most complete edition of Napoleon Hill`s masterworkNapoleon Hill stunned America when he published his first edition of The Law of Success. It had taken Hill twenty years to research and write. He had personally met with hundreds of the most famous self-made multimillionaires so he could study their habits, analyze their methods, and learn their secrets of success. After further testing and proving his theories, Napoleon Hill refined them into 17 basic principles that anyone could master and use.This recording explains step-by-step how you can use the following four Principles of Success:Initiative amp; Leadership: Develop your instincts to anticipate problems and know when to seize opportunitiesImagination: Stimulate your mind to create new concepts out of common ideas and put them to work for youEnthusiasm: Overcome uncertainty or shyness, and inspire others to take interest in you and your ideasSelf-control: Find the firmness of character to truly bet "master of your fate and the captain of your soul."This revised and updated edition-the second of the four volumes-incorporates new information, explains historical context, and augments Napoleon Hill`s original examples with contemporary stories which conclusively prove that the Law of Success is as relevant and applicable today as it was when this landmark book was first published.Read by Mario Rosales

The Law of Success

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Richard Bowring

Japanese religious traditions 500-1600 ultra rare

The first English-language overview of the interaction of Buddhism and Shintō in Japanese culture.

The Religious Traditions of Japan, 500-1600

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Paul Henson

Donald J. Usner

The Natural History of Big Sur

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Marc Stein

Supreme Court decision from Griswald to Roe

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Supreme Court Decisions from Griswold to Roe

This is an impressive, important, and well-researched book on the Supreme Court's development and elaboration of the constitutional right to privacy. Marc Stein, who is a wonderful microhistorian, illuminates the underlying interpretive complexities of th

Sexual Injustice

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Thomas Nelson Publishing Staff

NKJV Audio Bible

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Esarabi

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