Ann Patchett

Very good condition from a smoke-free home.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Ohio

St. Elizabeth's is a home for unwed mothers in the 1960s. Life there is not unpleasant, and for most, it is temporary. Not so for Rose, a beautiful, mysterious woman who comes to the home pregnant but not unwed. She plans to give up her baby because she knows she cannot be the mother it needs. But St. Elizabeth's is near a healing spring, and when Rose's time draws near, she cannot go through with her plans, not all of them. And she cannot remain forever untouched by what she has left behind . . . and who she has become in the leaving.

The Patron Saint of Liars

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Luis Alberto Urrea

Very good condition from smoke free home. 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

The prizewinning writer Luis Alberto Urrea's long-awaited novel is an epic mystical drama of a young woman's sudden sainthood in late 19th-century Mexico.It is 1889, and civil war is brewing in Mexico. A 16-year-old girl, Teresita, illegitimate but beloved daughter of the wealthy and powerful rancher Don Tomas Urrea, wakes from the strangest dream--a dream that she has died. Only it was not a dream. This passionate and rebellious young woman has arisen from death with a power to heal--but it will take all her faith to endure the trials that await her and her family now that she has become the Saint of Cabora.THE HUMMINGBIRD?S DAUGHTER is a vast, hugely satisfying novel of love and loss, joy and pain. Two decades in the writing, this is the masterpiece that Luis Alberto Urrea has been building up to.

The Hummingbird's Daughter

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Paulo Coelho

Selections from Classic Literature

From the author of The Alchemist, a unique and edifying literary journey inspired by the four elements.

One of the world's best-loved storytellers, Paulo Coelho has brought joy and wisdom to millions. In Inspirations, his arrangement of his personal favorite literary classics is as selective as a bouquet of flowers, a gift to his readers. This compendium of works will becomes a perennial gift and perfect companion to Coelho's own bestselling classic, The Alchemist.

Coelho's inspiration draws from each work' affinity to the four elements.
Earth includes Oscar Wilde and D.H. Lawrence
Air includes Nelson Mandela and Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Fire includes Rumi and Mary Shelley
Water includes Hans Christian Andersen and Niccolo Machiavelli

Inspirations

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Jeannette Walls

A Memoir

MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST

The extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, "nothing short of spectacular" (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world's most gifted storytellers.

The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising a family.

The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.

The Glass Castle is truly astonishing--a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar but loyal family.

The memoir was also made into a major motion picture from Lionsgate in 2017 starring Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, and Naomi Watts.

The Glass Castle

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Clea Shearer

Joanna Teplin

Excellent condition from a smoke-free home.

A Guide to Organizing and Realizing Your House Goals

A masterclass and look book in one, The Home Edit is filled with bright photographs and detailed tips, from placing plastic dishware in a drawer where little hands can reach to categorizing pantry items by color (there's nothing like a little ROYGBIV to soothe the soul). Above all, it's like having your best friends at your side to help you turn the chaos into calm.

The Home Edit

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Andrea Israel

Nancy Garfinkel

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

A Tale of Food and Friendship

Lilly and Val are lifelong friends, united as much by their differences as by their similarities. Lilly, dramatic and confident, lives in the shadow of her beautiful, wayward mother and craves the attention of her distant, disapproving father. Val, shy and idealistic--and surprisingly ambitious--struggles with her desire to break free from her demanding housebound mother and a father whose dreams never seem to come true.

In childhood, "LillyPad" and "Valpal" vow to form an exclusive two-person club. Throughout the decades they write intimate letters in which they share hopes, fears, deepest secrets--and recipes, from Lilly''s "Lovelorn Lasagna" to Valerie''s "Forgiveness Tapenade." Readers can cook along as the girls travel through time, facing the challenges of independence; the joys and heartbreaks of first love; and the emotional complexities of family relationships, identity, mortality, and goals deferred.

But no matter what different paths they take or what misunderstandings threaten to break them apart, Lilly and Val always find their way back together through their Recipe Club . . . until the fateful day when an act of kindness becomes an unforgivable betrayal.

Now, decades later, while trying to recapture the trust they''ve lost, Lilly and Val reunite once more--only to uncover a shocking secret. Will it destroy their friendship, or bring them ever closer?

EDITORIAL REVIEWS

"Food and love without the schmaltz and warm fuzzies is what kept me turning the pages of this book. Yes, there are recipes, nostalgic and good ones, but the fascination is in how they mark the years of a childhood friendship struggling to become a life long one. If you''re lucky enough to have that one true best friend, you''ll find all the love, prickliness, laughter, blood curdling honesty, and joy here." --Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of The Splendid Table#65533; , public radio''s food show from American Public Media

"I''ve been to many combat zones, so I kn ow a real fight when I see one--and the characters in this book pull no punches. But what surprised me is how their conflict is just as engaging as their crazy humor and deep affection for each other. This book perfectly combines my two favorite things in the world: fiction and food. It''s a great read."--Bob Woodruff, ABC News anchor and journalist

"I found elements of every one of my own friendships in the 40-year relationship between Lilly and Val, the heroines of this delicious and delightful novel. I also discovered heaps of recipes that I can''t wait to try out. Authors Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel bring to life the joys as well as the disappointments inherent in attachments between women, and the power of food to sustain intimacy when those bonds are strained. I nodded in recognition as I hungrily devoured this satisfying and surprising story."--Giulia Melucci, author of I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti

" THE RECIPE CLUB is an extraordinary culinary fiction creation--a main dish consisting of a tender and poignant tale of love and friendship, served up with tasty sides of wonderful recipes. This is more than comfort food, it''s haute literary cuisine."--Isaiah Sheffer, host of National Public Radio''s Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story

"This moving story, about two close friends connecting and reconnecting through food and cooking, contains on e of my favorite lines written to date: ''So, how do you fix a broken heart? Maybe with ricotta cheese.''"--Tanya Steel, editor-in-chief of Epicurious.com and co-author of Real Food for Healthy Kids

" THE RECIPE CLUB takes readers on an epistolary journey that is as appetizing as it is thought-provoking. Family secrets, lifelong friendships, and various appetizers, entrees, and desserts are blended together into a rich tale that will warm hearts as much as it tantalizes the tastebuds."--Jennifer Cody Epstein, author of The Painter from Shanghai

"Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel have written an absorbing novel that reflects the wisdom of MFK Fisher, namely, that there is no separating food and dining from family and friends. No wonder, then, that THE RECIPE CLUB struck me as a satisfying meal for both body and soul."--Sara Moulton Host of Public Television''s Sara''s Weeknight Meals and executive chef, Gourmet Magazine

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Andrea Israel is a producer/writer for ABC''s Focus Earth . She was a producer/writer on Anderson Cooper 360 , Dateline , and Good Morning America (which garnered her an Emmy Award). Her story In Donald''s Eyes was recently optioned for a film. Ms. Israel is the author of Taking Tea . Her writing has appeared in many publications.

Nancy Garfinkel is co-author of The Wine Lover''s Guide to the Wine Country: The Best of Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino (Chronicle Books, 2005). A creative strategist, design consultant, writer, and editor for magazine, corporate, and non-profit clients, she has won a host of graphic arts and editorial merit awards. She has written extensively about food and graphic arts.

The Recipe Club

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Susan Branch

This book is like new and from a smoke-free home. Also autographed by the author.

Distilled Genius A Collection of Life-Changing Quotations is a book of quotations like no other from Susan Branch, the New York Times best-selling author of 16 books since 1986, including Martha's Vineyard - Isle of Dreams and A Fine Romance - Falling in Love with the English Countryside. Like all of Susan's books, Distilled Genius is charmingly handwritten and watercolored in Susan's inimitable style, and, as with her other books, it tells a story. This is not just any quote book, but a forty-year carefully curated collection of quotes from Susan's lifelong search for deeper meaning, joy, and fulfillment in life and her desire to share from Mark Twain, to the Bhagavad Gita, from Anne Frank, and George Patton, to Marcus Aurelius, and Louisa May Alcott; from Rosa Parks, Abraham Lincoln, Maya Angelou, the Bible, and beyond. Reading about the struggles of others who, often against all odds, made something of their lives, gives us strength, and encourages us to make our own dreams a reality. Life-affirming, clever, poetic, heroic, hilarious, and human hopeful words of wisdom, distilled into one book of Genius for all time. Distilled Genius is arranged in themes, such as "Secrets of Life," "Writing and Writers," "Creativity, and "Finding your Dreams," to name a few; it's 272 pages of joy, just when we need to be reminded of who we are, where we came from, and what our future can be if we choose it. The power in words is endless, they make you think, and once in a while, they tell you that you were right all along (that's when you truly understand the Genius part). Everything that's needed to be said, has been said, by someone whose words carry weight, such as this quote by Joseph Campbell: "We have not even to risk the adventure alone for all the heroes of all time have gone before us." Distilled Genius has a ribbon bookmark, is proudly printed in the USA, and unlike an e-book, it comes complete with that beautiful new-book smell at no additional charge. ��

Distilled Genius - a Collection of Life-Changing Quotations

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Monte Dolack

Annick Smith

Nice art book in good condition from a smoke-free home

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

The Works

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Vintage book in fair to good condition book itself is in very good condition. Jacket is a bit torn however publication date 1963.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Fortune In The Junk Pile

Vintage book hardcover book is in good condition. Jacket is torn however as seen in photographs, copyright date 1943.

The Human Comedy

Vintage children’s board book about dogs, including poodles, dachshund, mastiffs, terriers, chows,boxers. Sweet story book is in fair to good condition. No real flaws. It’s just that the cover is a bit dirty.

My Friends Dogs

Rachel McKenny

This autographed copy is in very good condition from a smoke-free home.

A Novel

"A warm, winning debut from a talented new Midwestern voice." --J. Ryan Stradal, New York Times bestselling author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest A Man Called Ove meets The Rosie Project in this "delightfully off-kilter" (Rachel Yoder, Nightbitch) tale of a grumpy introvert, her astonishing lack of social skills and empirical data-driven approach to people and relationships. Is there such a thing as an anti-social butterfly? If there were, Greta Oto would know about it--and totally relate. An entomologist, Greta far prefers the company of bugs to humans, and that's okay, because people don't seem to like her all that much anyway, with the exception of her twin brother, Danny, though they've recently had a falling out. So when she lands a research gig in the rainforest, she leaves it all behind. But when Greta learns that Danny has suffered an aneurysm and is now hospitalized, she abandons her research and hurries home to the middle of nowhere America to be there for her brother. But there's only so much she can do, and unfortunately just like insects, humans don't stay cooped up in their hives either--they buzz about and... socialize. Coming home means confronting all that she left behind, including her lousy soon-to-be sister-in-law, her estranged mother, and her ex-boyfriend Brandon who has conveniently found a new non-lab-exclusive partner with shiny hair, perfect teeth, and can actually remember the names of the people she meets right away. Being that Brandon runs the only butterfly conservatory in town, and her dissertation is now in jeopardy, taking that job, being back home, it's all creating chaos of Greta's perfectly catalogued and compartmentalized world. But real life is messy, and Greta will have to ask herself if she has the courage to open up for the people she loves, and for those who want to love her. The Butterfly Effect is an unconventional tale of self-discovery, navigating relationships, and how sometimes it takes stepping outside of our comfort zone to find what we need the most.

The Butterfly Effect

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Julia Child

Julia’s Breakfasts Lunches and Suppers

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This vintage cookbook is in good condition. All pages are intact. From a smoke-free home.

Lunches and Brunches 

The Food Revolution 

French driving/traffic laws guide all in French vintage published in 1979. Perfect for a student learning French! 

Code Rousseau

This vintage book is in good condition from a smoke-free home.

The Pictorial Encyclopedia Of Birds

This vintage book is in fair condition. The cover is a little stained, but all pages intact. From a smoke-free home.

The Book Of Perennials

Diane Meier

Excellent condition from a smoke free home .

A world of possibilities opens up for Joy Harkness when she sets out on a journey that's going to show her the importance of friendship, love, and what makes a house a home Coming-of-age can happen at any age. Joy Harkness had built a university career and a safe life in New York, protected and insulated from the intrusions and involvements of other people. When offered a position at Amherst College, she impulsively leaves the city, and along with generations of material belongings, she packs her equally heavy emotional baggage. A tumbledown Victorian house proves an unlikely choice for a woman whose family heirlooms have been boxed away for years. Nevertheless, this white elephant becomes the home that changes Joy forever. As the restoration begins to take shape, so does her outlook on life, and the choices she makes over paint chips, wallpaper samples, and floorboards are reflected in her connection to the co-workers who become friends and friendships that deepen. A brilliant, quirky, town fixture of a handyman guides the renovation of the house and sparks Joy's interest to encourage his personal and professional growth. Amid the half-wanted attention of the campus's single, middle-aged men, known as "the Coyotes,"and the legitimate dramas of her close-knit community, Joy learns that the key to the affection of family and friends is being worthy of it, and most important, that second chances are waiting to be discovered within us all.

The Season of Second Chances

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This vintage book is in good condition from a smoke-free home… FYI, I am not advocating this diet whatsoever! I actually would shelve it in the humor section!

Martinis and Whipped Cream

This vintage cookbook is in good condition from a smoke-free home.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Cooking With Soup

Erica Bauermeister

Jesse Larsen

Holly Smith

Excellent condition condition from a smoke-free home. 

A Reader's Guide

Often poorly represented in buyers' guides, women's books are now covered in this articulate and intentionally eclectic reader's guide. Covering a wealth of remarkable novels, narratives, biographies, and more, this resource for general readers offers more than 500 entries--capturing the flavor of each book. Includes seven cross-referenced indexes.

500 Great Books by Women

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Jonathan Fields

Excellent condition from a smoke free home. 

A Practical Guide to a Life Well Lived

Seriously . . .another book that tells you how to live a good life? Don't we have enough of those?
You'd think so. Yet, more people than ever are walking through life disconnected, disengaged, dissatisfied, mired in regret, declining health, and a near maniacal state of gut-wrenching autopilot busyness.
Whatever is out there isn't getting through. We don't know who to trust. We don't know what's real and what's fantasy. We don't know how and where to begin and we don't want to wade through another minute of advice that gives us hope, then saps our time and leaves us empty.
How to Live a Good Life is your antidote; a practical and provocative modern-day manual for the pursuit of a life well lived. No need for blind faith or surrender of intelligence; everything you'll discover is immediately actionable and subject to validation through your own experience.
Drawn from the intersection of science, spirituality, and the author's years-long quest to learn at the feet of masters from nearly every tradition and walk of life, this book offers a simple yet powerful model, the "Good Life Buckets"--spend 30 days filling your buckets and reclaiming your life.
Each day will bring a new, practical yet powerful idea, along with a specific exploration designed to rekindle deep, loving, and compassionate relationships; cultivate vitality, radiance, and graceful ease; and leave you feeling lit up by the way you contribute to the world, like you're doing the work you were put on the planet to do.
How to Live a Good Life is not just a book to be read; it's a path to possibility, to be walked, then lived.

How to Live a Good Life

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Barry Pritzker

Best known for his powerful Civil War images, Mathew Brady was America's most famous photographer in the mid-19th century. This volume contains more than 70 of his most significant images. From Edward Curtis' haunting portraits to Ansel Adams' soaring vistas, this informative and visually compelling overview of America's most famous photographers traces the history and evolution of the black and white image and how it shaped our national view.

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