Cecily von Ziegesar

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Indiana

A Novel

“Best Novels of Fall 2020” —Vogu­e “Most Anticipated List for Fall 2020” —Parade “Best of Fall 2020” —PopSugar “Best Books of 2020” —Marie Claire From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Gossip Girl series, a deliciously irresistible novel chronicling a year in the life of four families in an upscale Brooklyn neighborhood as they seek purpose, community, and meaningful relationships—until one unforgettable night at a raucous neighborhood party knocks them to their senses. Welcome to Cobble Hill. In this eclectic Brooklyn neighborhood, private storms brew amongst four married couples and their children. There’s ex-groupie Mandy, so underwhelmed by motherhood and her current physical state that she fakes a debilitating disease to get the attention of her skateboarding, ex-boyband member husband Stuart. There’s the unconventional new school nurse, Peaches, on whom Stuart has an unrequited crush, and her disappointing husband Greg, who wears noise-cancelling headphones—everywhere. A few blocks away, Roy, a well-known, newly transplanted British novelist, has lost the thread of his next novel and his marriage to capable, indefatigable Wendy. Around the corner, Tupper, the nervous, introverted industrial designer with a warehose full of prosthetic limbs struggles to pin down his elusive artist wife Elizabeth. She remains…elusive. Throw in two hormonal teenagers, a ten-year-old pyromaniac, a drug dealer pretending to be a doctor, and a lot of hidden cameras, and you’ve got a combustible mix of egos, desires, and secrets bubbling in brownstone Brooklyn. Smart, sophisticated, yet surprisingly tender, Cobble Hill is highly entertaining portrait of contemporary family life and the colorful characters who call Brooklyn home.

Cobble Hill

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From the Owlcrate November 2022 box. A soap dish and canvas bag inspired by The Bear and the Nightingale.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

The Bear and the Nightingale Owlcrate Soap dish 

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

From Rachel Hawkins, the New York Times bestselling author of The Wife Upstairs, comes Reckless Girls, a deliciously wicked gothic suspense, set on an isolated Pacific island with a dark history, for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware. When Lux McAllister and her boyfriend, Nico, are hired to sail two women to a remote island in the South Pacific, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. Stuck in a dead-end job in Hawaii, and longing to travel the world after a family tragedy, Lux is eager to climb on board The Susannah and set out on an adventure. She's also quick to bond with their passengers, college best friends Brittany and Amma. The two women say they want to travel off the beaten path. But like Lux, they may have other reasons to be seeking an escape. Shimmering on the horizon after days at sea, Meroe Island is every bit the paradise the foursome expects, despite a mysterious history of shipwrecks, cannibalism, and even rumors of murder. But what they don't expect is to discover another boat already anchored off Meroe's sandy beaches. The owners of the Azure Sky, Jake and Eliza, are a true golden couple: gorgeous, laidback, and if their sleek catamaran and well-stocked bar are any indication, rich. Now a party of six, the new friends settle in to experience life on an exotic island, and the serenity of being completely off the grid. Lux hasn't felt like she truly belonged anywhere in years, yet here on Meroe, with these fellow free spirits, she finally has a sense of peace. But with the arrival of a skeevy stranger sailing alone in pursuit of a darker kind of good time, the balance of the group is disrupted. Soon, cracks begin to emerge: it seems that Brittany and Amma haven't been completely honest with Lux about their pasts--and perhaps not even with each other. And though Jake and Eliza seem like the perfect pair, the rocky history of their relationship begins to resurface, and their reasons for sailing to Meroe might not be as innocent as they first appeared. When it becomes clear that the group is even more cut off from civilization than they initially thought, it starts to feel like the island itself is closing in on them. And when one person goes missing, and another turns up dead, Lux begins to wonder if any of them are going to make it off the island alive.

Reckless Girls

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Crystal, Lily and Poppy are three fairies in a flap. With stolen wands, flying lessons and Fairy Balls, there's never a dull moment. Come to Fairyland and join the magical fun.

Stories of Fairies

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Reading & Language Arts

A fantastic title designed to help young children learn their letters. Each page is wipe-clean and a special pen is included. Children can practice writing letters over and over again.

Wipe Clean First Letters

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All-Star Cheerleaders

It's the first big competition for Taylor, Abby and the rest of the Glitter cheer squad from the Big D Elite gym. Competitions are nerve-wracking enough, but add in a teammate who is always perfect - and wants everyone else to be too - a slow back walkover and some intense competition and the Glitter squad will have to perform better than ever to take first place.

Tick Tock, Taylor!

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Physical Education

This series introduces young children, in an amusing and friendly way, to situations they might find themselves in for the first time. Stephen Cartwright's gently humorous illustrations are full of thins for children to look at, learn from and talk about with parents.

Going to the Dentist

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Stormie joyfully inspires you to develop a deeper relationship with your husband by utilizing the amazing power of prayer. with practical advice on praying for specific areas of your husband's life, including his spiritual walk, his emotions, his role as a father, leader, and decision-maker, his security in work and finances, his health and plysical protection and his faith and his future."

The Power of a Praying® Wife

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Art, music, drama/theater

There are lots of pretty fairies to color in this fun book, and stickers to add to every page.

Fairies Sticker Coloring Book

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

History

The Romans were pioneers of trade, engineering and government, and founded an empire stretching from northern Eurpoe to North Africa. They created art and literature of great beauty an sports of horrible cruelty. This book looks at the Roman way of life and explores the history of the perios in maps, diagrams and pictures. It is both a fascinating chronicle and a valuable work of reference.

Romans Il

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That's Not My Coloring Book

#hardcover #usborne #ubam #rhymes #childrens #internetbased #educational #preschool

This delightful collection contains twelve of the best-loved action rhymes and songs. To hear the tunes, you can visit www.usborne-quicklinks.com and type in the keywords action rhymes.

First Picture Action Rhymes

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What do Felix and Ella do on vacation? Whatever the season, they are very busy! Children use the 100 reusable stickers in the sticker book and the blank scenes in the word book (the two books are shrink-wrapped together) to create their own vacation adventures while they learn and identify new words.



Felix and Ella's Vacation

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From parents and great-grandparents through settlers and Civil War soldiers, and further back still, a mother answers her son's question, Who came down that road?

Who Came down That Road?

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The Shaking of an All-American City, a Voice That Held It Together

The thrilling, cinematic story of a community shattered by disaster--and the extraordinary woman who helped pull it back together

"A powerful, heart-wrenching book, as much art as it is journalism."--The Wall Street Journal
 
"A beautifully wrought and profoundly joyful story of compassion and perseverance."--BuzzFeed (Best Books of the Year)

In the spring of 1964, Anchorage, Alaska, was a modern-day frontier town yearning to be a metropolis--the largest, proudest city in a state that was still brand-new. But just before sundown on Good Friday, the community was jolted by the most powerful earthquake in American history, a catastrophic 9.2 on the Richter Scale. For four and a half minutes, the ground lurched and rolled. Streets cracked open and swallowed buildings whole. And once the shaking stopped, night fell and Anchorage went dark. The city was in disarray and sealed off from the outside world.

Slowly, people switched on their transistor radios and heard a familiar woman's voice explaining what had just happened and what to do next. Genie Chance was a part-time radio reporter and working mother who would play an unlikely role in the wake of the disaster, helping to put her fractured community back together. Her tireless broadcasts over the next three days would transform her into a legendary figure in Alaska and bring her fame worldwide--but only briefly. That Easter weekend in Anchorage, Genie and a cast of endearingly eccentric characters--from a mountaineering psychologist to the local community theater group staging Our Town--were thrown into a jumbled world they could not recognize. Together, they would make a home in it again.

Drawing on thousands of pages of unpublished documents, interviews with survivors, and original broadcast recordings, This Is Chance! is the hopeful, gorgeously told story of a single catastrophic weekend and proof of our collective strength in a turbulent world.

There are moments when reality instantly changes--when the life we assume is stable gets upended by pure chance. This Is Chance! is an electrifying and lavishly empathetic portrayal of one community rising above the randomness, a real-life fable of human connection withstanding chaos.

This Is Chance!

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The True Story of the Women Who Took on the World's Most Powerful Mafia

Nominated for a 2019 Edgar® Award for Best Fact Crime 

Named a CrimeReads best Nonfiction Crime Book of 2018

The electrifying, untold story of the women born into the most deadly and obscenely wealthy of the Italian mafias - and how they risked everything to bring it down.

The Calabrian Mafia--known as the 'Ndrangheta--is one of the richest and most ruthless crime syndicates in the world, with branches stretching from America to Australia. It controls seventy percent of the cocaine and heroin supply in Europe, manages billion-dollar extortion rackets, brokers illegal arms deals--supplying weapons to criminals and terrorists--and plunders the treasuries of both Italy and the European Union.

The 'Ndrangheta's power derives from a macho mix of violence and silence--omertà. Yet it endures because of family ties: you are born into the syndicate, or you marry in. Loyalty is absolute. Bloodshed is revered. You go to prison or your grave and kill your own father, brother, sister, or mother in cold blood before you betray The Family. Accompanying the 'Ndrangheta's reverence for tradition and history is a violent misogyny among its men. Women are viewed as chattel, bargaining chips for building and maintaining clan alliances and beatings--and worse--are routine.

In 2009, after one abused 'Ndrangheta wife was murdered for turning state's evidence, prosecutor Alessandra Cerreti considered a tantalizing possibility: that the 'Ndrangheta's sexism might be its greatest flaw--and her most effective weapon. Approaching two more mafia wives, Alessandra persuaded them to testify in return for a new future for themselves and their children.

A feminist saga of true crime and justice, The Good Mothers is the riveting story of a high-stakes battle pitting a brilliant, driven woman fighting to save a nation against ruthless mafiosi fighting for their existence. Caught in the middle are three women fighting for their children and their lives. Not all will survive.

Lee Zirkle

@lee760138

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Anthony Marks; Graham Tingay

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That's Not My Coloring Book

MMStudios (Photographer); Francesca Allen (Designed by)

First Picture Action Rhymes

Iris de Moy (Illustrator)

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George Ella Lyon; Peter Catalanotto (Illustrator)

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