Alison Bechdel

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Pennsylvania

A Family Tragicomic

A memoir done in the form of a graphic novel by a cult favorite comic artist offers a darkly funny family portrait that details her relationship with her father--a funeral home director, high school English teacher, and closeted homosexual.

Fun Home

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Colm Toibin

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A Novel

Leaving her home in post-World War II Ireland to work as a bookkeeper in Brooklyn, Eilis Lacey discovers a new romance in America with a charming blond Italian man before devastating news threatens her happiness.

Brooklyn

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Johanna Spyri

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.

Heidi

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James Martin

A Pilgrimage





NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. WINNER OF THE 2015 CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION BOOK AWARD.

"James Martin's riveting new meditation on Jesus is one of the best books I've read in years--on any subject."  -- Mary Karr, author of Lit

James Martin, SJ, gifted storyteller and New York Times bestselling author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything, brings the Gospels to life and invites believers and seekers alike to experience Jesus through Scripture, prayer, and travel.

Father Martin ushers you into Jesus' life and times and shows us how Jesus speaks to us today through combining fascinating insights of historical Jesus studies with profound spiritual insights about the Christ of faith, recreating the world of first-century Galilee and Judea.

Martin also brings together the most up-to-date Scripture scholarship, wise spiritual reflections, and lighthearted stories about traveling through the Holy Land with a fellow (and funny) Jesuit, visiting important sites in the life of Jesus of Nazareth.

Stories about Jesus' astonishing life and ministry--clever parables that upended everyone's expectations, incredible healings that convinced even skeptics, nature miracles that dazzled the dumbstruck disciples--can seem far removed from our own daily lives but in Jesus you will come to know him as Father Martin knows him: Messiah and Savior, as well as friend and brother.

Jesus

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Tessa Bailey

#1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey delivers a sexy, hilarious standalone holiday rom-com about the adult children of two former rock stars who team up to convince their estranged mothers to play a Christmas Eve concert... Melody Gallard may be the daughter of music royalty, but her world is far from glamorous. She spends her days restoring old books and avoiding the limelight (one awkward tabloid photo was enough, thanks). But when a producer offers her a lot of money to reunite her mother's band on live tv, Mel begins to wonder if it's time to rattle the cage, shake up her quiet life... and see him again. The only other person who could wrangle the rock and roll divas. Beat Dawkins, the lead singer's son, is Melody's opposite--the camera loves him, he could charm the pants off anyone, and his mom is not a potential cult leader. Still, they might have been best friends if not for the legendary feud that broke up the band. When they met as teenagers, Mel felt an instant spark, but it's nothing compared to the wild, intense attraction that builds as they embark on a madcap mission to convince their mothers to perform one last show. While dealing with rock star shenanigans, a 24-hour film crew, brawling Santas, and mobs of adoring fans, Mel starts to step out of her comfort zone. With Beat by her side, cheering her on, she's never felt so understood. But Christmas Eve is fast approaching, and a decades-old scandal is poised to wreck everything--the Steel Birds reunion, their relationships with their mothers, and their newfound love.

Wreck the Halls

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J. K. Rowling

During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths. Reprint. 2,500,000 first printing.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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Kathy Brodsky

Hardcover, in rhyme, "The Inside Story" is an adventure about a piece of mail that goes through the mail system. and has to deal with major disruption and changes. Themes are change, recycling and the postal system. Life-skills activity and discussion questions follow the story. Often something happens in our lives,creating change, and we must learn to adapt and move ahead. The book's dedication is "For everyone who has endured difficult times and grown stronger as a result ... this is for you." The book has been helpful for adults as well as children.

The Inside Story

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Roger Priddy

A Lift-The-Flap Book

Roger Priddy's Little Friends: Home Sweet Home tells the heartwarming tale of a little owl in simple text, perfect for reading aloud, with lift-the-flap elements to discover along the way.

Curious young readers will love to take a journey with Baby Owl as she flies far and wide over the forest and the river, the farm and the mountains, then back to her nest, in this adorable, interactive board book.

Every scene has a colorful, illustrated natural habitat, along with a big flap for little hands to lift up - and peek underneath, to discover just who lives there!

A great guessing game book to share with even the youngest of children, as they lift the flaps and learn about animals and their homes.

Little Friends: Home Sweet Home

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Megan Roth

Slide and reveal animal friends in the barn! Head to the farm for some animal antics in this sturdy slide-apart board book! Sliders on each page reveal hidden animals in the barn, behind the hay bales, and in the pond. Little ones will delight in the hands-on feature as well as the adorable illustrations as they familiarize themselves with the cows, pigs, horses, and chickens of the farm!

Slide-A-Story: Who's in the Barn?

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Alex Fabrizio

Show babies that they are never too little to change the world.


You can be as bold as Cleopatra, a pharaoh of Egypt.

Fight for equality like activist Rosa Parks.

Decide what's fair like Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.


The sky's the limit in this feminist primer filled with activists, scientists, world leaders, and more! With charming illustrations of familiar figures like Harriet Tubman and Queen Elizabeth I, this little book introduces your child to extraordinary women from around the globe.

Bright, bold colors energize readers to tackle the world with courage, no matter their age, interests, or nationality. Write page-turning stories with Jane Austen, plant trees with Wangari Maathai, and create art with Frida Kahlo.

This celebratory board book introduces the next generation of readers to the resilient women who have shaped our world into what it is today. Perfect for inspiring little learners to see themselves as the hero in their story.

From Starry Forest Books, Baby's Big World introduces babies to big concepts--everything from rocket science to music--for the very first time.

Women Who Changed the World

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Jane Grayson

Overlook Illustrated Lives

History seemed to pursue Vladimir Nabokov. In the Russian Revolution and the Second World War he lost his homeland, social position and family, and was even forced to abandon working in his native language. Despite the shadow of exile, Nabokov's work exudes a tremendous vivacity and joy. Even at its darkest it has an inventiveness and a richness of perception that has rarely been surpassed. The photographs and illustrations in this volume, many previously unpublished, range from early photographs of the Nabokovs' estates in Russia to hand-corrected manuscript pages, first edition book jackets, and examples of Nabokov's lifelong passion for butterflies. Acclaimed scholar Jane Grayson provides fresh insight into the celebrated author's life, making this volume a unique glimpse into the life of the modernist master.

Vladimir Nabokov

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Heather Saffer

Now everyone can indulge! With these 75 gluten-free vegan recipes, Heather Saffer reinvents dessert. You'll find treats that take less than 20 minutes to prepare, ones with only three ingredients, and others that require no baking at all. The mouthwatering choices range from Triple Chocolate Dream Pie and Rocky Road Caramel Apples to Coconut Mango Cheesecake, so you'll always have something to satisfy your sweet tooth.

Crazy Easy Vegan Desserts

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Randi Triant

#paperback #fiction #desire #family #love #randitriant #secondchances #whatwegivewhatwetake 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Parade Magazine's "20 New LGBTQ+ Books We're Loving This Year"

Women.com's "10 LGBTQ Must-Reads for Pride Month"

She Knows.com's  "10 Books Featuring Mother-Child Relationships & All Their Beautiful Complexity"




In 1967, Fay Stonewell, a water tank escape artist in Florida, leaves for Vietnam to join the Amazing Humans--a jerry-rigged carnival there to entertain the troops--abandoning her disabled teenage son, Dickie, to the care of an abusive boyfriend.

Months after Fay's departure, Dickie's troubled home life ends in a surprising act of violence that forces him to run away. He soon lands in Manhattan, where he's taken in by eccentric artist Laurence Jones. Fay, meanwhile, is also facing dangerous threats. From the night her plane jolts onto a darkened Saigon runway, she is forced to confront every bad decision she's ever made as she struggles to return to her son. But the Humans owner is hell-bent on keeping her in Vietnam, performing only for war-injured children at a hospital, daily reminders of the son she's left behind.

Decades later, Dickie is forty, living in a Massachusetts coastal town with a man who's dying of AIDS, and doing everything he can to escape his past. But although Spin may be giving Dickie what he's always wanted--a home without wheels--it seems that the farther Dickie runs, the tighter the past clings to him.

Ultimately, What We Give, What We Take is a deeply moving story of second chances and rising above family circumstances, however dysfunctional they may be.

What We Give, What We Take

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Elizabeth Flock

Eight-year-old Carrie Parker and her little sister, tired of living in an abusive environment, concoct a plan to run away, but their escape is thwarted by a shocking revelation that will change their lives. Reprint.

Me and Emma

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Chris Bohjalian

#hardcover #fiction #historical #chrisbohjalian #witches #historicalfiction #hourofthewitch #boston 

"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant, the enthralling story of a young Puritan woman who marries the wrong man and soon finds herself caught up in the violence and hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials"--

Hour of the Witch

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Steven Naifeh

Gregory White Smith

#paperback #vangogh #art #arthistory #education #immpresionism #masterpiece #masters 

The Life

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "The definitive biography for decades to come."--Leo Jansen, curator, the Van Gogh Museum, and co-editor of Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Letters

Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, who galvanized readers with their Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Jackson Pollock, have written another tour de force--an exquisitely detailed, compellingly readable portrait of Vincent van Gogh. Working with the full cooperation of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Naifeh and Smith have accessed a wealth of previously untapped materials to bring a crucial understanding to the larger-than-life mythology of this great artist: his early struggles to find his place in the world; his intense relationship with his brother Theo; and his move to Provence, where he painted some of the best-loved works in Western art. The authors also shed new light on many unexplored aspects of Van Gogh's inner world: his erratic and tumultuous romantic life; his bouts of depression and mental illness; and the cloudy circumstances surrounding his death at the age of thirty-seven.
 
Though countless books have been written about Van Gogh, no serious, ambitious examination of his life has been attempted in more than seventy years. Naifeh and Smith have re-created Van Gogh's life with an astounding vividness and psychological acuity that bring a completely new and sympathetic understanding to this unique artistic genius.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review * The Washington Post * The Wall Street Journal * San Francisco Chronicle * NPR * The Economist * Newsday * BookReporter 

"In their magisterial new biography, Van Gogh: The Life, Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith provide a guided tour through the personal world and work of that Dutch painter, shining a bright light on the evolution of his art. . . . What [the authors] capture so powerfully is Van Gogh's extraordinary will to learn, to persevere against the odds."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

"Brilliant . . . Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith are the big-game hunters of modern art history. . . . [Van Gogh] rushes along on a tide of research. . . . At once a model of scholarship and an emotive, pacy chunk of hagiography."--Martin Herbert, The Daily Telegraph (London)

Van Gogh

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Khaled Hosseini

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The best-selling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns presents a story inspired by human love, how people take care of one another and how choices resonate through subsequent generations. Reprint.

And the Mountains Echoed

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

More Than 175 Ultra-Tasty Recipes for Total Health and Weight Loss

Following Dr. Hyman's scientifically based program for rebalancing insulin and blood sugar levels, this cookbook presents 175 delectable recipes that are free of allergens and harmful inflammatory ingredients.

In The Blood Sugar Solution Cookbook, Dr. Mark Hyman shares recipes that support the Blood Sugar Solution lifestyle. In 1900, only two percent of meals in America were eaten outside the home; now it is over fifty percent. Dr. Hyman calls for readers to take back their health by taking back their kitchens.

Readers will exchange toxic factory-made foods for nutritious and easy-to-make dishes such as Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce, Mexican Shrimp Ceviche, Tuscan Zucchini Soup, Raspberry Banana Cream Pie Smoothie, Chocolate Nut Cake, and more. The Blood Sugar Solution Cookbook will illuminate your inner nutritionist and chef.

The Blood Sugar Solution Cookbook

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Indulge in mouthwatering desserts once again. With Favorite Brand Nametrade; Quick & Easy Diabetic Desserts you can.

Quick and Easy Diabetic Desserts

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Lose Weight, Eat Well, and Boost Your Energy Levels Using Low GI Foods

"The low GI (Glycemic Index) nutrition approach ... ranks foods based on how quickly they raise your blood-sugar levels ... low-GI foods satisfy your hunger, increase your energy levels, and eliminate your desire to eat more than you should."--Page 4 of cover.

Glycemic Index Cooking Made Easy

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Recipe Book

Blasting for Optimum Health

#paperback #nonfiction #boyerased #autobiography #lgbt #memoir #religion #conley 

A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family

The New York Times bestselling memoir about identity, love and understanding. Now a major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and Lucas Hedges, directed by Joel Edgerton. “Every sentence of the story will stir your soul” (O Magazine). The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality. When Garrard was a nineteen-year-old college student, he was outed to his parents, and was forced to make a life-changing decision: either agree to attend a church-supported conversion therapy program that promised to "cure" him of homosexuality; or risk losing family, friends, and the God he had prayed to every day of his life. Through an institutionalized Twelve-Step Program heavy on Bible study, he was supposed to emerge heterosexual, ex-gay, cleansed of impure urges and stronger in his faith in God for his brush with sin. Instead, even when faced with a harrowing and brutal journey, Garrard found the strength and understanding to break out in search of his true self and forgiveness. By confronting his buried past and the burden of a life lived in shadow, Garrard traces the complex relationships among family, faith, and community. At times heart-breaking, at times triumphant, Boy Erased is a testament to love that survives despite all odds.

Boy Erased

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#hardcover #biography #classicrock #rock #kurtcobain #nirvana

Remembering Kurt Cobain

On the twenty-fifth anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death comes a new perspective on one of the most compelling icons of our time—and the only book written by someone who knew him In early 1991, top music manager Danny Goldberg agreed to take on Nirvana, a critically acclaimed new band from the underground music scene in Seattle. He had no idea that the band’s leader, Kurt Cobain, would become a pop-culture icon with a legacy arguably at the level of that of John Lennon, Michael Jackson, or Elvis Presley. Danny worked with Kurt from 1990 to 1994, the most impactful period of Kurt’s life. This key time saw the stratospheric success of Nevermind, which turned Nirvana into the most successful rock band in the world and made punk and grunge household terms; Kurt’s meeting and marriage to the brilliant but mercurial Courtney Love and their relationship that became a lightning rod for critics; the birth of their daughter, Frances Bean; and, finally, Kurt’s public struggles with addiction, which ended in a devastating suicide that would alter the course of rock history. Throughout, Danny stood by Kurt’s side as manager, and close friend. Drawing on Goldberg’s own memories of Kurt, files that previously have not been made public, and interviews with, among others, Kurt’s close family, friends, and former bandmates, Serving the Servants sheds an entirely new light on these critical years. Casting aside the common obsession with the angst and depression that seemingly drove Kurt, Serving the Servants is an exploration of his brilliance in every aspect of rock and roll, his compassion, his ambition, and the legacy he wrought—one that has lasted decades longer than his career did. Danny Goldberg explores what it is about Kurt Cobain that still resonates today, even with a generation who wasn’t alive until after Kurt’s death. In the process, he provides a portrait of an icon unlike any that has come before.

Serving the Servant

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#paperback #fiction #youngadult #ya #adventure #award #sunmer#juvenilefiction #boughtincolombia 

Seventeen-year-old Cullen's summer in Lily, Arkansas, is marked by his cousin's death by overdose, an alleged spotting of a woodpecker thought to be extinct, failed romances, and his younger brother's sudden disappearance.

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