Jim Collins

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Mississippi

Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

The Challenge Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the verybeginning. But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness? The Study For years, this question preyed on the mind of Jim Collins. Are there companies that defy gravity and convert long-term mediocrity or worse into long-term superiority? And if so, what are the universal distinguishing characteristics that cause a company to go from good to great? The Standards Using tough benchmarks, Collins and his research team identified a set of elite companies that made the leap to great results and sustained those results for at least fifteen years. How great? After the leap, the good-to-great companies generated cumulative stock returns that beat the general stock market by an average of seven times in fifteen years, better than twice the results delivered by a composite index of the world's greatest companies, including Coca-Cola, Intel, General Electric, and Merck. The Comparisons The research team contrasted the good-to-great companies with a carefully selected set of comparison companies that failed to make the leap from good to great. What was different? Why did one set of companies become truly great performers while the other set remained only good? Over five years, the team analyzed the histories of all twenty-eight companies in the study. After sifting through mountains of data and thousands of pages of interviews, Collins and his crew discovered the key determinants of greatness -- why some companies make the leap and others don't. The Findings The findings of the Good to Great study will surprise many readers and shed light on virtually every area of management strategy and practice. The findings include: Level 5 Leaders: The research team was shocked to discover the type of leadership required to achieve greatness. The Hedgehog Concept (Simplicity within the Three Circles): To go from good to great requires transcending the curse of competence. A Culture of Discipline: When you combine a culture of discipline with an ethic of entrepreneurship, you get the magical alchemy of great results. Technology Accelerators: Good-to-great companies think differently about the role of technology. The Flywheel and the Doom Loop: Those who launch radical change programs and wrenching restructurings will almost certainly fail to make the leap. “Some of the key concepts discerned in the study,” comments Jim Collins, "fly in the face of our modern business culture and will, quite frankly, upset some people.” Perhaps, but who can afford to ignore these findings?

Good to Great

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Julie Carobini

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

California's sunny coast is where carefree Brianna Stone's idyllic life is complicated by her bizarre new boss, her meddling mother-in-law, and her too-busy-to-believe husband. Reinventing herself with a dazzling wardrobe and flattering hairstyle, Bri tries to recapture her husband's attention before it's too late.

Chocolate Beach

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Lysa TerKeurst

Emotions are not easy to process! This participant guide helps see a biblical perspective about dealing with big feelings. For use with the Unglued DVD 

Making Wise Choices in the Midst of Raw Emotions

The New York Times best-selling author of Made to Crave offers words of hope and healing for women struggling in the midst of their raw emotions, showing how to positively process reactive emotions that come from situations all women face daily. Original.

Unglued Participant's Guide

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Franklin W. Dixon

Classic mystery for younger mystery lovers!  

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Hardy Boys 05: Hunting for Hidden Gold

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Gilbert Morris

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Western Justice - Book 1

Rosa's Land

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Richard Russo

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Miles Roby tries to hold his family together while working at the Empire Grill in the once-successful logging town of Empire Falls while dealing with the imperious Mrs. Whiting, the heir to a faded logging and textile legacy, in this evocative novel by the author of Nobody's Fool. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 150,000 first printing.

Empire Falls

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Janet Evanovich

Evanovich has a sense of humor that will make you laugh out loud. Fun misadventures that lead you on a thrilling chase. Enjoy!

Buckle your seat belts. Number one New York Times bestselling author, Janet Evanovich, is moving into the fast lane with Metro Girl, a thrilling, high-octane misadventure with high stakes, hot nights, cold-blooded murder, sunken treasure, a woman with a chassis built for speed, and one very good, very sexy NASCAR driver who’s along for the ride. "Wild" Bill Barnaby's dropped off the face of the earth and big sister Alex heads for Miami, Bill's last known sighting, on a harrowing hunt to save her brother ... and maybe the world. Truth is, Alex has been bailing her brother out of trouble since they were kids. Not that Bill's a bad sort. More that he acts first and thinks later. Unfortunately, this time around, Wild Bill will be Dead Bill if Alex doesn't find him in time. Alex blasts through the bars of South Beach and points her search to Key West and Cuba, laying waste to Miami hit men, dodging Palmetto bugs big enough to eat her alive, and putting the pedal to the metal with NASCAR driver Sam Hooker. Engaged in a deadly race, Wild Bill's "borrowed" Hooker's sixty-five foot Hatteras and sailed off into the sunset ... just when Hooker has plans for the boat. Hooker figures he'll attach himself to Alex and maybe run into Bill. Maybe Hooker can salvage what's left of his vacation. And maybe Hooker'll get lucky in love with Bill's sweetie pie sister. After all, Hooker is NASCAR Guy. And NASCAR Guy is good at revving a woman’s engine. The race to the finish is hot and hard, taking Alex and Hooker into international waters, exposing a plot to grab Cuban gold and a sinister relic of the Cuban missile crises. Creative cussing and sexual innuendo included.

Metro Girl

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Rose Doss

Amish Romance (Amish Vows Romance, Book 6)

In this final installment of the Amish Vows series, Mark Fisher frustrates Sarah Beiler as much as he tempts her. Their story takes place ten years after Sarah's step-mother, Kate, marries her long-time love, Enoch Miller, in Amish Renegade. Catch up on the lives and loves of the Amish Vows couples and see how feisty, spunky Sarah and teasing, never-serious Mark come to realize that they've found their hearts in one another. Having lived through the distress as a child of she and Kate having to find a haven after Sarah's father dies, Sarah determines she'll choose a husband who is established and stable to take care of his family. She's strongly attracted of Mark, but wishes he'd settle down, instead of jumping from one job to another. Strong-minded Mark Fisher loves God and is determined to find his own life path. Energetic and innovative, he never lacks for a job, but Sarah refuses to let herself fall in love with him as he won't establish himself in a vocation.Whether repairing a cistern together or bumping into one another while playing volleyball, the attraction between these two is clear as they spark and argue, falling solidly in love with each other. Fearing that he's lost Sarah to his more-established older brother, Mark finally comes to find his own path, choosing to enter into a buggy shop partnership with Daniel Stoltzfus. In learning to trust their faith in God, Sarah and Mark confess to their love when he asks her to marry him.

Amish Rogue: an Amish Romance

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Janice VanCleave

Science

Janice VanCleave's 203 Icy, Freezing, Frosty, Cool , and Wild Experiments Custom Edition

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Ann B. Ross

Fun book!  Easy to read and very entertaining 

Miss Julia Paints the Town

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Science is exciting and fun! This book is in great shape, reqdy for some experimenting and learning to take place.

Janice VanCleave's 202 Oozing, Bubbling, Dripping and Bouncing Experiments Custom Edition

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Hilarity ensues when Miss Julia gets involved! This fun fictional story is full of adventures with wit and a touch of sweet romance. 

A delightful standalone novel as told by the sassiest character in the beloved New York Times bestselling Miss Julia series. Don't miss Ann Ross's newest, Miss Julia Weathers The Storm, coming April 2017 from Viking. 

Heart-of-gold, hardscrabble Etta Mae Wiggins has bewitched Miss Julia fans as the steel magnolia's sidekick in several New York Times-bestselling novels. At last, Etta Mae gets to speak for herself, and longtime readers and newcomers alike will love her story and her opinions of Miss Julia.

Growing up, Etta Mae couldn't escape her daddy's no-good name--or the attention of every roving eye in town. But when she becomes the home nurse for an elderly man who is Abbottsville's wealthiest resident, she sees an opportunity to say sayonara to her trailer-park days once and for all. However, a number of interested parties are less than thrilled by the thought of wedding bells, and she'll have to work fast to marry Mr. Right on the worst bad-luck day of her life.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Etta Mae's Worst Bad-Luck Day

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Priscilla Shirer

A great call to action for how to be a prayer warrior for your family. Love this book!

A Woman's Battle Plan to Serious, Specific and Strategic Prayer

You have an enemy . . . and he’s dead set on destroying all you hold dear and keeping you from experiencing abundant life in Christ. What’s more, his approach to disrupting your life and discrediting your faith isn’t general or generic, not a one-size-fits-all. It’s specific. Personalized. Targeted. So this book is your chance to strike back. With prayer. With a weapon that really works. Each chapter will guide you in crafting prayer strategies that hit the enemy where it hurts, letting him know you’re on to him and that you won’t back down. Because with every new strategy you build, you’re turning the fiercest battles of life into precise strikes against him and his handiwork, each one infused with the power of God’s Spirit. New York Times bestselling author Priscilla Shirer, widely known for her international speaking, teaching, and writing ministries, brings her new role from the 2015 film War Room into the real lives of today’s women, addressing the topics that affect them most: renewing their passion, refocusing their identity, negotiating family strife, dealing with relentless regrets, navigating impossible schedules, succeeding against temptation, weathering their worst fears, uprooting bitterness, and more. Each chapter exposes the enemy’s cruel, crafty intentions in all kinds of these areas, then equips and encourages you to write out your own personalized prayer strategies on tear-out sheets you can post and pray over yourself and your loved ones on a regular basis. Fervent is a hands-on, knees-down, don’t-give-up action guide to practical, purposeful praying.

Fervent

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John Grisham

This first edition is ready for your collection!  

A Novel

The intricacies of the American legal system come alive in a suspenseful tale of courtroom drama, corporate greed, intrigue, and danger, by the best-selling author of A Time to Kill and The Pelican Brief. 2,500,000 first printing. $1,000,000 ad/promo.

The Rainmaker

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Kyle Idleman

A challenging book that makes one stop and consider the title cultural Christian vs follower of Jesus

Becoming a Completely Committed Follower of Jesus

If Jesus were to sit down with you right now and have a DTR (Define the Relationship) conversation, how would you respond? Are you truly his follower or just a fan---or perhaps someone who doesn't even care about the difference? Not a Fan invites you to make Jesus not merely the object of your admiration, but the very center of your life.

Not a Fan

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Cameron Tuttle

A frighteningly fun read that will have you second-guessing those "not to worry" moments

Hundreds of Things You Never Knew You Had to Worry About

This compact volume will induce nervous page-flipping and turn even the most snug and secure folks into bonafide paranoiacs. Whether it's archibutyrophobia (the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth) or phobophobia (the fear of fear itself), this book explains hundreds of bizarre-but-true things that can "get" you. Photos.

The Paranoid's Pocket Guide

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David Bach

A workbook version for a more hands-on approach to reaching financial goals

Creating a Personalized Plan for a Richer Future

No Matter Where You Start, David Bach Can Help You Live and Finish Rich

With his national bestsellers SMART WOMEN FINISH RICH and SMART COUPLES FINISH RICH, renowned financial advisor and educator David Bach has taught millions of people of all ages and incomes how to take control of their financial future. His message, that the key to building wealth is "values first, stuff second," has inspired people all over the world. Now, The FINISH RICH WORKBOOK gives couples and singles alike a new opportunity to tailor his advice for their individual circumstances. Combining the down-to-earth, jargon-free approach that has made him so popular with the hands-on practicality of a workbook, this new addition to the FINISH RICH series is like having a one-on-one session with David Bach. You will learn how to-. Use the power of the Latte Factor., David Bach's international recognized approach to building wealth on a few dollars a day.. Apply the Debt Free SolutionTM, a powerful way to reduce debt quickly and repair your credit in the process.. Organize your financial life in minutes with the FinishRich Inventory Planner. and File Folder system, including a pull-out summary of where you stand financially.. Craft a personalized FinishRich QuickStart. plan-a to-do list for today, this month, and this year, so you can get started right away.. Find the perfect financial advisor by using the FinishRich Advisor Questionaire. to find, interview, screen, and score an advisor before you hire them.Whether you're working with a few dollars a week or quite a bit more, Bach's nine-step program will help you put the FINISH RICH wisdom right to work for you.

The Finish Rich Workbook

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Financial advice to help with future goals

A No-Fail Plan for Achieving Financial Freedom at Any Age

Offers financial hope for individuals who have forgotten to save for their retirement, sharing his secrets for achieving financial freedom regardless of one's age or status in life, using the principles of spend less, save more, and make more.

Start Late, Finish Rich

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Dean Koontz

Dean Koontz is the best suspense thriller writer ever. This story happens to include a dog. 

Dedicated to the cause of dog rescue, Amy Redwing risks everything, including her relationship with long-time suitor Brian McCarthy and her own well-being, to come to the aid of Nickie, a very special golden retriever, unaware that she has drawn the attentions of an unknown and ruthless enemy whose attacks escalate with stunning ferocity. Reprint.

The Darkest Evening of the Year

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Other than a tear on the dust jacket, this book is in great shape! Ready to take on the challenge of seeing the world in a more detailed way? Expand your observation skills, change the way you do things, and increase your brain power!  An interesting read for those that need a break from heavy nonfiction but something more substantial than a beach book. Enjoy!

Improve Your Powers of Observation, Memory, and Deduction

How to Think Like Sherlock 

Beth Moore

A daily devotional with inspiration for Christian living

Inspiring Stories of Courage from Christians Serving Around the World

"365-day devotional features incredible stories of God's faithfulness in the face of uncertainty and danger"--Provided by publisher.

Voices of the Faithful

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How do honeybees find their way home? Why is Venus so hot? How can you measure the speed of the wind? What makes a sound loud or soft? Discover the awesome answers to these and other fascinating mysteries in biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, and astronomy. Just try these 201 fun, safe, low-cost experiments at home or in the classroom. You'll look through a drop of water to find out how a magnifying lens works. Using a Styrofoam ball, a pencil, and a lamp, you'll learn why the Moon appears and disappears. With just a jar and some ice cubes, you can demonstrate how rain is formed. Each experiment includes an illustration and easy to follow step-by-step instructions. This companion volume to the enormously popular 200 Gooey, Slippery, Slimy, Weird, and Fun Experiments brings together magical projects from Janice VanCleave's Science for Every Kid and Spectacular Science Projects series--plus 40 all-new experiments that make science come to life. Children Ages 8-12

Janice VanCleave's 201 Awesome, Magical, Bizarre, and Incredible Experiments

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Mary Kay Andrews

After years of hard work, Gina Foxton, chef extraordinaire and former runner-up Miss Teen Vidalia Onion, is hosting her own show, Fresh Start, on local Georgia public television. She's also dating the producer. But when Fresh goes bad, and she catches her boyfriend in flagrante delicto with the boss's wife, Gina decides it's time to pursue bigger dreams. Namely, a gig on national television. Gina knows she's destined to be the Cooking Channel's next superstar. But the execs also have their eyes on Tate Moody, Mr. "Kill It and Grill It" himself, host of the hunting-and-fishing cooking show Vittles. The ultimate man's man, Tate's a tasty side of beef with a large, swooning female fan base. Gina's loyal devotees consist of her free-spirit college dropout sister and her mother—who calls every single day. But when the smoke clears there can only be one TV chef standing as Gina and Tate get ready for the cook-off of their lives.

Deep Dish

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Lurlene McDaniel

In in Conners, Georgia, 1974, fourteen-year-old Darcy tries to deal with her mother's battle with breast cancer, as she also faces new feelings for an outcast senior at her school and learns that the war in Vietnam is more than a school project.

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