Ethel Barrett

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

District of Columbia

The War for Mansoul

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Adam of the Road

Eloise Jarvis McGraw

A Newbery Honor Award-winning book

Jim Keath has lived for six years as a Crow Indian when he learns that his two younger brothers and a sister are journeying west to take up land. Although Jim finds it difficult to fit in with the family he hasn't seen since childhood, and though they are wary and distrustful of him, Jim feels his duty is at their side. But slowly, as they survive the dangerous trek west, the perils of frontier life, and the kidnapping of their younger brother, Jim and his family realize that the only way to survive is to accept each other and truly reunite the family.
 
"A first-rate adventure story."--The New York Times
 
"The grueling hardships on the journey to Oregon and in making a home provide exciting reading. Characters are portrayed so fully and sympathetically they might be alive."--Library Journal

Moccasin Trail

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Peter Carey

Olivier is an aristocrat, the traumatized child of survivors of the French Revolution. Parrot the son of an itinerant printer who always wanted to be an artist but has ended up a servant. Born on different sides of history, their lives will be brought together by their travels in America.When Olivier sets sail for America, ostensibly to study its prisons but in reality to save his neck from one more revolution - Parrot is sent with him, as spy, protector, foe and foil. As the narrative shifts between the perspectives of Parrot and Olivier, and their picaresque travels together and apart - in love and politics, prisons and the world of art - Peter Carey explores the adventure of American democracy, in theory and in practice, with dazzling wit and inventiveness.

Parrot and Olivier in America

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Understood Betsy

Her First Hundred Years

Hitty

Calico Bush

Emily of New Moon

Paul Schlicke

Peter Ackroyd

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Charles Dickens was the 19th-century equivalent of a pop superstar and an undisputed genius whose novels have remained enduringly popular. This quiet talk with his ghost (which takes place at the inn so beloved by Mr. Pickwick) conveys all his vigor, warmth, and humanity--and provides a scintillating tour through his life, career, eccentricities, and trenchant opinions. Sit back and listen to this master conversationalist talk about everything from work in a boot-polish factory to his immensely popular lecture tours in America.

 

Coffee with Dickens

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Bernard Malamud

Frank Alpine, an Italian -American drifter on the run from his past, stumbles into the orbit of struggling Brooklyn grocer Morris Bober. Seeing a chance to atone for his sins, Frank becomes Bober's stock boy and runs the store when the owner takes ill. But it is Bober's daughter, Helen, who gives Frank a real reason to turn his life around. Considered one of the greastest Jewish novels ever written. The Assistant is a classic look at social and racial divides of America in the early twentieth century. Filled with riveting scenes of life on the edge, this is an enduring story of how love and the human spirit can triumph over any adversity.

The Assistant

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Caimh McDonnell

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

"The first time somebody tried to kill him was an accident. The second time was deliberate. Now Paul Mulchrone finds himself on the run with nobody to turn to except a nurse who has read one-too-many crime novels and a renegade copper with a penchant for violence. Together they must solve one of the most notorious crimes in Irish history... or else they'll be history."--Publisher's description.

A Man with One of Those Faces

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Marjane Satrapi

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

The Story of a Childhood

The great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor and the daughter of ardent Marxists describes growing up in Tehran in a country plagued by political upheaval and vast contraditions between public and private life.

Persepolis

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Brother Yun

Paul Hattaway

The remarkable true story of renowned Chinese Christian Brother Yun

This is the gripping story of how God took a young, half-starved boy from a poor village in Henan province and placed him on the front line for Jesus, in the face of impossible odds. Instead of focusing on the many miracles or experiences of suffering, however, Yun turns his gaze to and centers his story on the character and beauty of Jesus. Interspersed with his personal account are contributions from his wife, Deling, made mostly during her husband's frequent periods of imprisonment.

This dramatic autobiography of one of China's dedicated, courageous, and intensely persecuted house church leaders is a watershed book that will turn the reader to prayer and praise. It deserves comparison with past classics such as Tortured for Christ by Richard Wurmbrand, or the Life of Watchman Nee.

Heavenly Man

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Jean Kwok

From the author of Searching for Sylvie Lee, the iconic, New York Times-bestselling debut novel that introduced an important Chinese-American voice with an inspiring story of an immigrant girl forced to choose between two worlds and two futures. When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn squalor, she quickly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker in the evenings. Disguising the more difficult truths of her life—like the staggering degree of her poverty, the weight of her family's future resting on her shoulders, or her secret love for a factory boy who shares none of her talent or ambition—Kimberly learns to constantly translate not just her language but herself back and forth between the worlds she straddles. Through Kimberly's story, author Jean Kwok, who also emigrated from Hong Kong as a young girl, brings to the page the lives of countless immigrants who are caught between the pressure to succeed in America, their duty to their family, and their own personal desires, exposing a world that we rarely hear about. Written in an indelible voice that dramatizes the tensions of an immigrant girl growing up between two cultures, surrounded by a language and world only half understood, Girl in Translation is an unforgettable and classic novel of an American immigrant-a moving tale of hardship and triumph, heartbreak and love, and all that gets lost in translation.

Girl in Translation

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Kenneth Grahame

Margaret Hodges

The Centennial Anniversary Edition

Since its beginnings as a series of stories told to Kenneth Grahame’s young son, The Wind in the Willows has gone on to become one of the best-loved children’s books of all time. The timeless story of Toad, Rat, Mole, and Badger has delighted readers of all ages for more than eighty years. Friendly Rat, mild-mannered Mole, wise Badger, and kind—but conceited—Toad all live on the banks of the Thames. While Mole and Rat are content to go out in a row boat or travel the roads in a caravan, Toad prefers the excitement of motor cars. He’s already wrecked seven! While his friends try to keep him out of trouble, his passion for cars eventually results in his being caught and kept prisoner in the remotest dungeon of the best-guarded castle in all the land. Somehow, he has to escape and get home but what will he find when he gets there? The Wind in the Willows is a book for those “who keep the spirit of youth alive in them; of life, sunshine, running water, woodlands, dusty roads, winter firesides.” So, wrote Kenneth Grahame of his timeless tale of Rat, Mole, Badger, and Toad.

The Wind in the Willows

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The French edition of the Hunchback of Notre Dame Volume 2

Notre Dame de Paris Tome II

The French edition of the Three Musketeers 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Les Trois Mousquetaires

Robert Greskovic

A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving the Ballet

Following in the best-selling footsteps of Opera 101, BALLET 101 takes an already popular, yet occasionally intimidating subject and makes the culture accessible and understandable for anyone. Here, noted dance critic and teacher Greskovic has written a reader-friendly book containing everything a novice needs to know to watch and enjoy ballet, but is rich enough to interest someone with a stronger knowledge of dance. Includes a 300-year history of the dance form, an extensive look at fourteen popular and important ballets, bibliography, videography and more!

Ballet 101

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George Balanchine

Francis Mason

The Scene-By-scene Stories of the Most Popular Ballets, Old and New

Authored by one of the ballet's most respected experts, this volume includes scene-by-scene retellings of the most popular classic and contemporary ballets, as performed by the world's leading dance companies. Certain to delight long-time fans as well as those just discovering the beauty and drama of ballet.

101 Stories of the Great Ballets

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Felicity Trotman

A compendium of stories about the magical world of dance includes selections by Louisa May Alcott, Joan Aiken, Rudyard Kipling, Jean Ure, Elizabeth Goudge, Oscar Wilde, and other noted authors. Original.

The Random House Book of Dance Stories

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Gene Stratton-Porter

Gene Stratton-Porter's faith in the healing power of nature is apparent, in a lovingly depicted tamarack swamp set near the city.

Michael O'Halloran

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A. A. Milne

In the tradition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, this mystery by the author of the Winnie-the-Pooh book is set in the English countryside in a stately British mansion with an abundance of characters and curious clues.

The Red House Mystery

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Frances Hodgson Burnett

When she discovers a burglar in the house, nine-year-old Editha persuades the thief to not awaken or harm her mother and to take her own possessions instead of those belonging to her father.

Editha's Burglar

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Gail Carson Levine

Gail C. Levine

In a land where beauty and singing are valued above all else, Aza eventually comes to reconcile her unconventional appearance and her magical voice, and learns to accept herself for who she truly is.

Fairest

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Kate Feldman

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