Barack. Obama

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New York

A Story of Race and Inheritance

The son of an African father and white American mother discusses his childhood in Hawaii, his struggle to find his identity as an African American, and his life accomplishments.

Dreams from My Father

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Betty Smith

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century, Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a poignant and moving tale filled with compassion and cruelty, laughter and heartache, crowded with life and people and incident. The story of young, sensitive, and idealistic Francie Nolan and her bittersweet formative years in the slums of Williamsburg has enchanted and inspired millions of readers for more than sixty years. By turns overwhelming, sublime, heartbreaking, and uplifting, the daily experiences of the unforgettable Nolans are raw with honesty and tenderly threaded with family connectedness -- in a work of literary art that brilliantly captures a unique time and place as well as incredibly rich moments of universal experience.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

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Mark Haddon

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

A Novel

Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic, fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

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Betty L. Boult

Practical Strategies for Partnering with Families

This updated edition presents ready-to-use ideas and strategies to fully engage parents in the school community.

176 Ways to Involve Parents

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Salomón Grimberg

Joint creative output of Frida Karlo and  photographer Nickolas Muray. 

Frida Kahlo and Nickolas Muray

Frida Kahlo--master painter, creative icon, and unconventional beauty--was superbly captured through the intimate lens of her friend, lover, and confidant, the photographer Nickolas Muray. Now back in print by popular demand, the classic volumeI Will Never Forget You collects more than 50 striking portraits of Kahlo as we know and love her, wearing traditional costumes, heavy jewelry, and flowers in her hair. Archival letters and photographs that tell the story of Kahlo and Muray's touching relationship accompany these stunning plates and make for a truly unique celebration of one of the 20th century's most beloved artists.

I Will Never Forget You

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Jon Scieszka

Math Curse

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Dale Brown

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Reign of Blood and Splendor

To the Aztecs, their capital was the center not just of the empire but of the world - and at the very heart of it lay the holy precinct where their bloody rituals took place daily.

Aztecs

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Randy Pausch

Jeffrey Zaslow

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

The Last Lecture

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Rhonda Byrne

Argues that The Secret, a way of thinking, has been found in oral traditions throughout history and that by understanding it and using it in every aspect of life, money, health, and happiness will follow.

The Secret

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Don Miguel Ruiz

Janet Mills

A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship, a Toltec Wisdom Book

In The Mastery of Love, don Miguel Ruiz illuminates the fear-based beliefs and assumptions that undermine love and lead to suffering and drama in our relationships. Using insightful stories to bring his message to life, Ruiz shows us how to heal our emotional wounds, recover the freedom and joy that are our birthright, and restore the spirit of playfulness that is vital to loving relationships. The Mastery of Love includes: • Why "domestication" and the "image of perfection" lead to self-rejection • The war of control that slowly destroys most relationships • Why we hunt for love in others, and how to capture the love inside us • How to finally accept and forgive ourselves and others "Happiness can only come from inside of you and is the result of your love. When you are aware that no one else can make you happy, and that happiness is the result of your love, this becomes the greatest mastery of the Toltec: the Mastery of Love." — don Miguel Ruiz

The Mastery of Love

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Deepak Chopra

A practical guide to fulfillment of your dreams  

A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams

Based on natural laws which govern all of creation, this book shatters the myth that success is the result of hard work, exacting plans, or driving ambition. In The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Deepak Chopra offers a life-altering perspective on the attainment of success: Once we understand our true nature and learn to live in harmony with natural law, a sense of well-being, good health, fulfilling relationships, energy and enthusiasm for life, and material abundance will spring forth easily and effortlessly. Filled with timeless wisdom and practical steps you can apply right away, this is a book you will want to read and refer to again and again.

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

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David J. Schonfeld

Marcia Quackenbush

Robert W. Runcie

This guide is the best and most informative resource to help teachers administrators and  school mental health staff understand and support grieving students with practical beneficial strategies

A Guide for Schools

"Written by the national go-to expert on childhood bereavement and school crisis, this new edition text from author David Schonfeld and co-author family therapist Marcia Quackenbush guides teachers through a child's experience of grief and loss. Using empirical research and their extensive experience supporting students, the authors illuminate classroom issues that grief may trigger, and empowers teachers to undertake the job of reaching and helping their students. Full of tips, strategies, vignettes, examples, and insights, Supporting the Grieving Student: A Guide for Schools also includes information on numerous topics relevant to child bereavement in school settings, including: major concepts of death that are crucial to children's understanding of the topic; responding to children's feelings and behaviors; how to effectively communicate with students and their families; commemorative activities; self-care; and providing support when a death affects a whole school community. New to this edition are an expanded online study guide, reflection prompts throughout the book, and new information including: Applications for an expanded audience of school administrators, counselors, social workers, psychologists, support staff, etc., New chapters on suicide loss and providing support in settings outside of K-12 schools, Revised chapters that include new information on social media, ambiguous losses, school crisis and trauma, supporting children with disabilities, and more school policies, line of duty deaths, commemorative activities, A new foreword written by a school administrator from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School As a practical guidebook, Supporting the Grieving Student: A Guide for Schools is essential reading in helpings teachers provide critical, sensitive support to students of all ages"--

The Grieving Student

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Gabriel García Márquez

Edith Grossman

Set on the Caribbean coast of South America, this love story brings together Fermina Daza, her distinguished husband, and a man who has secretly loved her for more than fifty years

Love in the Time of Cholera

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Suze Orman

Practical and Spiritual Steps So You Can Stop Worrying

The best-selling author of The Courage to Be Rich and You've Earned It, Don't Lose It shows readers how to obtain control over their money through changing their spending habits; how to understand investments, retirement, insurance, and credit; and how to gain true financial freedom. Reprint. 250,000 first printing.

The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom

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Rick Bayless

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

An authority on Mexican cuisine shares his wisdom and experience on cooking south of the border in this collection of 120 recipes that includes classics as well as some of his own creations.

Mexico One Plate at a Time

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“Esta novela que es un gran conjuro en co tea de la muerte y a favor de la Vida”

In Spanish 

El Libro Secreto De Frida Khalo 

Isabel Allende

Margaret Sayers Peden

Paula is a soul-baring memoir without drawing a breath 

A Memoir

One of the most popular and acclaimed of Latin American authors presents an unforgettable memoir. An exquisitely rendered, deeply moving mother-daughter story that doubles as Allende's autobiography, Paula is a prodigious evocation and a hymn to life, written from the heart.

Paula

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kate spade new york

“It’s no secret: We love celebrating occasions. From the extra small wins (made the bed!) to the monumental ones (bestie just had their baby!), we believe there's always a reason to pop some champagne and make a toast. In this book, you'll discover lots of parties, as well as not-a-parties, and our unique ideas, tips, tricks and hacks for doing it all in style”

Occasions

A collection of essays and photos that will inspire you to celebrate life's memorable moments the newest book in the bestselling kate spade new library, celebrate that! occasions, picks up where their new york times bestselling hosting guide, all in good taste, left off. kate spade believes that life is a series of celebrations, from extra small to extra large--from acing a hard conversation at work to birthdays, trips with the girls, mother's day, new jobs, and beyond. their motto: a good occasion is a good excuse, and the best time to celebrate is whenever you can. with wit and insight, heart and humor, this essential guide to occasions shines a unique spotlight on celebrating yourself as well as those you love. it weaves together personal memories, how tos, planners, gifting guides, checklists, recipes and cultural vignettes to inspire and guide you through celebrating it all.

Kate Spade New York Celebrate That!

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John Berendt

Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty,early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. John Berendt's sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yet it is a work of nonfiction. Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of a landmark murder case. It is a spellbinding story peopled by a gallery of remarkable characters: the well-bred society ladies of the Married Woman's Card Club; the turbulent young redneck gigolo; the hapless recluse who owns a bottle of poison so powerful it could kill every man, woman, and child in Savannah; the aging and profane Southern belle who is the "soul of pampered self-absorption"; the uproariously funny black drag queen; the acerbic and arrogant antiques dealer; the sweet-talking, piano-playing con artist; young blacks dancing the minuet at the black debutante ball; and Minerva, the voodoo priestess who works her magic in the graveyard at midnight. These and other Savannahians act as a Greek chorus, with Berendt revealing the alliances, hostilities, and intrigues that thrive in a town where everyone knows everyone else. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story is a sublime and seductive reading experience. Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, this enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city is certain to become a modern classic.

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

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B. A. Shapiro

Don't miss B. A. Shapiro's new novel, The Collector's Apprentice, available now! “[A] highly entertaining literary thriller about fine art and foolish choices.” —Parade “[A] nimble mystery.” —The New York Times Book Review “Gripping.” —O, The Oprah Magazine Almost twenty-five years after the infamous art heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum—still the largest unsolved art theft in history—one of the stolen Degas paintings is delivered to the Boston studio of a young artist. Claire Roth has entered into a Faustian bargain with a powerful gallery owner by agreeing to forge the Degas in exchange for a one-woman show in his renowned gallery. But as she begins her work, she starts to suspect that this long-missing masterpiece—the very one that had been hanging at the Gardner for one hundred years—may itself be a forgery. The Art Forger is a thrilling novel about seeing—and not seeing—the secrets that lie beneath the canvas.

The Art Forger

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Pam Schiller

Beverly Irby

Rafael Lara-Alecio

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Over 450 Spanish & English  selections 

Contains over 450 stories, songs, rhymes, and fingerplays for young children, each presented in English and Spanish; arranged by theme in nineteen categories, including animals, make believe, travel, and school days.

Bilingual Book of Rhymes, Songs, Stories, and Fingerplays

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Jeanine Cummins

También de este lado hay sueños. On this side too, there are dreams. Already being hailed as "a Grapes of Wrath for our times" and "a new American classic", American Dirt is a rare exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope. If it’s only a better life you seek, seek it elsewhere...This path is only for people who have no choice, no other option, only violence and misery behind you. And your journey will grow even more treacherous from here. Everything is working against you. —American Dirt Lydia Quixano Perez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. Even though she knows they’ll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then one day a man enters the shop to browse and comes up to the register with four books he would like to buy—two of them her favorites. Javier is erudite. He is charming. And, unbeknownst to Lydia, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. When Lydia’s husband’s tell-all profile of Javier is published, none of their lives will ever be the same. Forced to flee, Lydia and eight-year-old Luca soon find themselves miles and worlds away from their comfortable middle-class existence. Instantly transformed into migrants, Lydia and Luca ride la bestia—trains that make their way north toward the United States, which is the only place Javier’s reach doesn’t extend. As they join the countless people trying to reach el norte, Lydia soon sees that everyone is running from something. But what exactly are they running to? American Dirt will leave readers utterly changed when they finish reading it. It is a page-turner, it is a literary achievement, it is filled with poignancy, drama, and humanity on every page. It is one of the most important books for our times.

American Dirt (Oprah's Book Club)

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Jennette McCurdy

A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor--including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother--and how she retook control of her life.

Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother's dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called "calorie restriction," eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, "Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn't tint hers?" She was even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, email, and all her income.

In I'm Glad My Mom Died, Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detail--just as she chronicles what happens when the dream finally comes true. Cast in a new Nickelodeon series called iCarly, she is thrust into fame. Though Mom is ecstatic, emailing fan club moderators and getting on a first-name basis with the paparazzi ("Hi Gale!"), Jennette is riddled with anxiety, shame, and self-loathing, which manifest into eating disorders, addiction, and a series of unhealthy relationships. These issues only get worse when, soon after taking the lead in the iCarly spinoff Sam & Cat alongside Ariana Grande, her mother dies of cancer. Finally, after discovering therapy and quitting acting, Jennette embarks on recovery and decides for the first time in her life what she really wants.

Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, I'm Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair.

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