The volumes in this series [LATIN AMERICAN HISTORIES] are designed as concise, general histories devoted to one or more of the Latin American nations. Concentrating on social, economic, and cultural developments, the studies explain the formation of various countries or regions from Indian times to the present. Oxford University Press, 1964. 294 pages.

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

A City and a Nation

Argentina

Nicolas Shumway

The nations of Latin America came into being without a strong sense of national purpose and identity. In The Invention of Argentina, Nicholas Shumway offers a cultural history of one nation's efforts to determine its nature, its destiny, and its place among the nations of the world. His analysis is crucial to understanding not only Argentina's development but also current events in the Argentine Republic.

The Invention of Argentina

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Very cute gardening journal - received as a gift, but already have a system in place so am looking to sell! Never been written in. Samples of page types available in photos.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Garden Journal

Hannah B. Franklin

Dedication written in inside cover, otherwise unmarked

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

How to Plan the Perfect Wedding

Thirty by 30: How to Plan the Perfect Wedding is a humorous wedding planning book based on the thirty-plus weddings I have been invited to, from the perspective of a wedding goer with the knowledge of a wedding planner. In 2013, when I was invited to seven weddings, I made an arbitrary goal to be invited to thirty weddings by the time I turned 30 years old. As years went by, this became a legitimate life goal, and I grew more and more excited about each wedding invitation I received. As this goal started to turn into reality, I decided it would be fun to convert it into a book. Throughout the book, I share all the hilarious stories from all the weddings I have attended, as well as some practical "how to" lessons in planning a wedding. I will never forget the weddings where the father of the bride forgot his pants and the best man forgot the rings. Or the bridezilla that was so demanding she lost a friend through the wedding planning process. Weddings can be very stressful and, unfortunately, bring out the worst in people. While the book has a lot of comical real-life stories from each wedding I have attended, it also has practical lessons and tips on how to plan your perfect wedding. A theme that runs throughout the book is a reminder that your wedding is only one day, and things will go wrong. I encourage the brides planning their wedding to focus more on their relationship with their fiancé and their forever life together and not get too overwhelmed with all the details of planning a wedding. The planning process should be fun and exciting, not stressful and turn you into a bridezilla. Thirty by 30 is a lighthearted, easy read to help eliminate the stress of the wedding planning process. The content has a good balance of humor and seriousness to calm any nervous bride down as they plan their dream wedding.

Thirty By 30

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Josefina Baez

Aida Heredia

Julia Varley

Jo Randerson

Some discoloring (from sun) on cover of book - otherwise, excellent condition

Comrade, Bliss Ain't Playing

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Russ Crosson

The Key to Financial Freedom

Financial Advice for Every Season of Life Does successfully making the most of your money feel like a mystery? Are you wondering where it goes or how to get a grip on your spending? Author and Christian financial advisor Russ Crosson has spent more than 40 years guiding individuals and couples in everyday financial situations. In Your Money Made Simple, he offers the key to mastering your finances biblically—and it’s not about how much money you make. Customized to meet your needs, this resource teaches you how to manage your income wisely by.... offering proven formulas that work for any income level, age, or vocation setting you on a path to freedom from financial worries including easy-to-use financial planning tools and graphic charts Packed with wisdom and practical applications, this book will help you make the most of your money and how you spend it.

Your Money Made Simple

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Lawrence O. Richards

Sue Richards

NIV (New International Version)

Offers an edition of the Bible in the New International Version translation to help today's teen learn more about God, the Bible, and how God's word relates to their lives.

Teen Study Bible

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Andrew X. Pham

Cover has notable wear (plastic is shrinking up on cover and on back) but the pages of the book are in great condition and it is perfectly readable.

A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam

Winner of the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
Winner of the Whiting Writers' Award
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer Best Book of the Year

Catfish and Mandala is the story of an American odyssey--a solo bicycle voyage around the Pacific Rim to Vietnam--made by a young Vietnamese-American man in pursuit of both his adopted homeland and his forsaken fatherland. Intertwined with an often humorous travelogue spanning a year of discovery is a memoir of war, escape, and ultimately, family secrets.

Andrew X. Pham was born in Vietnam and raised in California. His father had been a POW of the Vietcong; his family came to America as "boat people." Following the suicide of his sister, Pham quit his job, sold all of his possessions, and embarked on a year-long bicycle journey that took him through the Mexican desert; on a thousand-mile loop from Narita in South Korea to Kyoto in Japan; and, after five months and 2,357 miles, to Saigon, where he finds "nothing familiar in the bombed-out darkness." In Vietnam, he's taken for Japanese or Korean by his countrymen, except, of course, by his relatives, who doubt that as a Vietnamese he has the stamina to complete his journey ("Only Westerners can do it"); and in the United States he's considered anything but American. A vibrant, picaresque memoir written with narrative flair and an eye-opening sense of adventure, Catfish and Mandala is an unforgettable search for cultural identity.

Catfish and Mandala

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Ralph Emerson

Henry D. Thoreau

This literature anthology volume contains Ralph Waldo Emerson's Nature and Henry David Thoreau's Walking. The two respective essays are the two most important essays in the environmental movement. Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid 19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays & correspondence and more than 1,500 public lectures and speeches across the United States. Ralph Waldo Emerson's essays & correspondence and speeches encompasses a number of subjects, never espousing fixed philosophical tenets, but developing certain ideas such as individuality, freedom, the ability of humankind to realize almost anything, and the relationship between the soul and the surrounding world. Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote most of his important essays as lectures and speeches first, then revised them for print. In Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay Nature, Emerson puts forth the foundation of transcendentalism, a belief system that espouses a non-traditional appreciation of nature. Within the essay, Emerson divides nature into four usages; Commodity, Beauty, Language, and Discipline. According to Ralph Waldo Emerson, those four distinctions define the ways by which humans use nature for their basic needs. Emerson followed the success of his Nature essay with a speech called The American Scholar, which together with his previous lectures laid the foundation for transcendentalism and his literary career. Walking by Henry David Thoreau is an essay that was published posthumously in 1862. Walking is considered to be one of Henry David Thoreau's seminal works, so much so that he once wrote of the lecture, "I regard this as a sort of introduction to all that I may write hereafter." While Henry David Thoreau was considered a transcendentalist, his work of writings encompasses social sciences, political science, civil rights, and humanities. Nature and Walking are both often required textbook reading and the two influential essays are conveniently combined in this one volume.

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