Robert A. Heinlein

1978, 3rd printing, Ballantine Books 26069, Del Rey, 189 pages. The cover is still shiny, though there are bins, creases, corner and edge wear, and water stains along the spine. One page has light writing in pencil in the top corner. All other pages appear clean, but tanned from age.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

North Carolina

Red Planet

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2016, Graphix (imprint of Scholastic), 240 pages. The cover is still shiny, though there are light scratches, bends, creases, and corner and edge wear. No spine creases. The inside front cover and the first page have writing in ink and a sticker. All other pages appear clean.

Ghosts 

Robert Frost

1992, Gramercy Books, 224 pages. The dust jacket is still shiny, though there are a couple of tiny chips aling the spine. Clean pages. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Selected Poems

John F. Kennedy said of Robert Frost: "He has bequeathed his nation a body of imperishable verse from which Americans will forever gain joy and understanding." A four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, Frost created a new poetic language that has a deep and timeless resonance. In addition to Robert Frost's first three books, this collection includes eighteen early poems that did not appear in his eleven books of poetry and have rarely been reprinted. Some of these express the idealism of youth inspired by heroic figures of the past. Others are love poems to Elinor White, whom he married in 1895. This book features a deluxe cover, ribbon marker, top stain, and decorative endpapers with a nameplate.

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Jo Voce

1983, Oxmoor House, Inc, 148 pages. The cover is still shiny. Most pages are clean, but one page toward the back has wring in faded ink. A few pages show some foxing/yellow spots. 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Christmas with Southern Living 1983

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Western Publishing Company, Inc. Pictures by Lilian Obligado. (Not sure about the print date— it is listed as a T, with the original print date being 1969. I am guessing mid-70s, maybe?) The cover shows extensive wear, having scratches, shelf rub, and corner and edge wear. The spine is faded. Clean pages, though. 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

The New Puppy

1973, Nowega Press, 61 pages. The cover still has some shine, though there are small punctures on the front, creases, bends, corner and edge wear, and holes on the back cover. (See picture.) Clean pages but tanned from age. 

Indian Cookin

Gregory L. White

Paul E. Mullen

1989, The Guilford Press, 340 pages.  The dust jacket is still shiny, though there are light scratches and very minor edge wear. The pages are clean inside and appear unread.

Theory, Research and Clinical Strategies

Jealousy

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Beverly Cleary

Louis Darling

2002, first Scholastic printing, 192 pages. The cover is still shiny, though there are light scratches and minor corner and edge wear. The front has a small piece torn away. The back cover has a small tear. No spine creases. The inside front cover has a classroom library stamp. Clean pages but yellowed from age. 

Henry is willing to try anything to be a paper boy--but nothing works until Ramona helps.

Henry and the Paper Route

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Eric Sloane

Ballantine Books, 108 pages. Overall excellent condition, but the front cover is curled. (I will try to flatten it prior to shipping.) The cover is still shiny, though there are scratches and minor corner and edge wear. No spine creases. Clean pages. From what I understand, this book is fiction based on a boy’s real life diary. 

Part the diary of Noah Blake, who was 15 in 1805, and part a re-creation of the life that a boy in his circumstances would have lived, this book is a loving tribute to a vanished way of life. Profusely illustrated, it will give its readers a sense of participation in the past that is all too rare in conventional histories.

The Diary of an Early American Boy

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1989, Houghton Mifflin, 144 pages. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. Overall excellent condition. I did find light creasing on the front near the spine. The cover is still shiny, though there is very minor corner and edge wear. Clean pages. 

Journey Home

Jody Brolsma

1995, Group Publishing, Inc, 112 pages. The cover is still shiny, though there are light scratches and minor corner and edge wear. No spine creases, but there are some wrinkles. Clean pages. 
   (There are a few copies of this book, and none of them are below $9.95!)

20 Easy-to-Use Programs

Fun-to-Learn Bible Lessons, Grades 4 and Up

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Michael Mullin

1994, Illini Books edition, 412 pages. The cover is still shiny, though there are scratches, bends, corner and edge wear, and a stain on the front. (The front corner is curled, and I am trying to flatten it.) No spine creases. The first few pages have small stains near the outer edges. Inside, aside from the previous mentioned pages, the rest of the pages appear clean, but the pages’ outer edges are stained. (See picture.) 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Slave Acculturation and Resistance in the American South and the British Caribbean, 1736-1831

In an attempt to lay bare the historical and cultural roots of modern African American societies in the South and the British West Indies, Michael Mullin gives a vivid depiction of slave family life, economic strategies, and religion and their relationship to patterns of resistance and acculturation in two major plantation regions, the Caribbean and the American South. Generalized observations of plantation slavery, usually assumed to be the whole of Africans' experience, fail to provide definitive answers about how they met and often overcame the challenges and deprivations of their new lives. Mullin discusses three phases of slave resistance and religion in Anglo-America, both on and off plantations. During the first, or African, phase from the 1730s to the 1760s slave resistance was generally sudden, violently destructive, and charged with African ritual. The second phase, from the late 1760s to the early 1800s, involved plantation slaves who were more conservative and wary. The third phase, from the late 1760s to the second quarter of the nineteenth century, was led by assimilated blacks - artisans and drivers - who, having developed skills both on and off the plantation, led the large preemancipation rebellions. Mullin's case studies of slaveowners and plantation overseers draw on personal diaries and other documents to reveal memorable men whose approaches to their jobs varied widely and were as much affected by interactions with slaves as by personal background, the location of the plantation, and the economic climate of the times. Extensive archival and anecdotal sources inform this pioneering study of slavery as it was practiced in tidewater Virginia, on the rice coast of the Carolinas, and in Jamaica and Barbados. Bringing his training in anthropology to bear on sources from Great Britain, the Caribbean, and the United States, Mullin offers new and definitive information.

Africa in America

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Year of printing (?), Scholastic. The cover is still shiny, though there are creases, light scratches, and corner and edge wear. Name written in ink on the inside front cover. Clean pages. 

Clifford Takes A Trip

Tracy Barrett

2000, Dell Laurel-Leaf, 209 pages. This was purchased as a brand new book, but it has received minor wear. (Minor corner and edge wear, one small crease on the front, one indention on the back) Clean pages— this book has never been read! 

As her father's chosen successor and first-born child, Anna ignores those who say that her young brother should be the next in line for the throne, yet when the time nears and she if forcefully removed from her place of power, clever Anna plots to get back what she feels is rightfully hers. Reprint.

Anna of Byzantium

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Miriam Grace Monfredo

2001, Berkley Prime Crime Books, 368 pages. The cover is still shiny, though there are light scratches, corner and edge wear, and one crease on the front. Multiple spine creases. Slanted spine. Clean pages, but yellowed from age. 

Bronwen Llyr and her sister Kathryn find themselves trying to thwart a Rebel conspiracy that threatens both their lives at the beginning of the Civil War.

Sisters of Cain

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1986, Del Rey, 196 pages. Ballantine #33248. The cover is still shiny, though there are light scratches, corner and edge wear, and an old price sticker on the front. Light spine creases. The pages are clean but tanned from age. 

Volume One of The Book of Wirrun

The Ice is Coming

Sue E. Johnson

2001, stated 1st edition/2nd printing, Red Apple Publishing, 91 pages. Overall excellent condition. I did not list it as such because there is a sticker on the spine. The cover is still shiny though there are light scratches and very minor corner and edge wear. No spine creases. Clean pages. 

The Story of Elias Chacour

The Other Side of Welcome

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Nicholas Edwards

1999, 1st Scholastic printing, 199 pages. The cover is still shiny, though there are scratches, corner and edge wear, and a bend on the back from top to side. No spine creases, but one wrinkle at the top. The pages are clean but yellowed from age. 

It starts out as a typical day for the Callahans, doing last-minute Christmas shopping at the mall. But when they come back to the car, the window is smashed and their dog, Santa Paws, is missing! Can the lovable pup escape from his kidnappers and make it back to his family?

Come Home

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Marc H. Miller

Richard A. Long

Dan Morgenstein

Donald Bagle

1994, University of Washington Press, 248 pages. The cover is still shiny, though there are light scratches, corner and edge wear, & one corner bend. The spine is largely uncreased but at the top it has one small one from top to side. The inside back cover, the first and last pages, and the pages’ outer edges have some mud splotches. Inside, all other pages appear clean. 

A Cultural Legacy

Louis Armstrong

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Bernard Waber

1976(?), Sandpiper/Houghton Mifflin, 48 pages. The cover has creases, light scratches, stains (see pictures), and corner and edge wear. Clean pages. 

Ira is thrilled to spend the night at Reggie's until his sister raises the question of whether he should take his teddy bear. "An appealing picture book which depicts common childhood qualms with empathy and humor."--"Booklist." Full-color illustrations.

Ira Sleeps Over

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Cal Newport

2012, stated first edition, Business Plus, 273 pages. This looks like a brand new book! The only flaw I see are some light scratches on the dust jacket. Clean pages. 

Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

In an unorthodox approach, Georgetown University professor Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is good advice, and sets out on a quest to discover the reality of how people end up loving their careers.

Not only are pre-existing passions rare and have little to do with how most people end up loving their work, but a focus on passion over skill can be dangerous, leading to anxiety and chronic job hopping. Spending time with organic farmers, venture capitalists, screenwriters, freelance computer programmers, and others who admitted to deriving great satisfaction from their work, Newport uncovers the strategies they used and the pitfalls they avoided in developing their compelling careers.

Cal reveals that matching your job to a pre-existing passion does not matter. Passion comes after you put in the hard work to become excellent at something valuable, not before. In other words, what you do for a living is much less important than how you do it.

With a title taken from the comedian Steve Martin, who once said his advice for aspiring entertainers was to "be so good they can't ignore you," Cal Newport's clearly written manifesto is mandatory reading for anyone fretting about what to do with their life, or frustrated by their current job situation and eager to find a fresh new way to take control of their livelihood. He provides an evidence-based blueprint for creating work you love, and will change the way you think about careers, happiness, and the crafting of a remarkable life.



So Good They Can't Ignore You

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Maxine Hancock

1992, Harrold Shaw Publishers, 235 pages. This book is almost like new; however, it has a few flaws. (One small crease on the back, some light scratches, and a small piece torn off one page) No spine creases. Clean pages. 

Making the Most of the Preschool Years

Does the idea of raising children in today's hectic world unnerve you? Maxine Hancock, mother of four now-grown children, offers relief and reassurance, noting that since the beginning of time, parenting has been done by amateurs. She discusses discipline, controlling television viewing, sex education, character development, creativity and crafts, a scriptural foundation for the family, and language development. Whether you are a parent, preschool teacher, or daycare worker, this book will help you bring up creative, confident children! Book jacket.

Creative, Confident Children

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Tee Carr

2000, stated first edition, Carr Enterprises, 313 pages. This looks like a brand new book! The only flaws I see are some light scratches on the cover. Clean pages. 

Favorite School Stories and More!

SCHOOL BELLS AND INKWELLS is a Treasure chest of favorite school stories written by individuals from all walks of life. Some stories touch our funnybones; other touch our hearts. Still others reach into our very souls causing us to become better people. You'll laugh with Bill Cosby when he writes about his frustrating experiences trying to help his children with their homework. You'll smile when you read Oprah's candid words about how much she admired her fourth grade teacher and wanted to be just like her when she grew up. And you will get goose bumps when you read Lewis Grizzard's touching narrative about his mother, Miss Christine, who was a first grade teacher. There are over 100 stories written by teachers, children, parents, principals, television and movie personalities, songwriters, journalists, public servants, and business people. It includes educational classes as well as original stories by the author. "School Bells is a great book that will make teachers proud to be teachers and make everyone else wish they were." - Roberts Chattanooga Times Free Press. To order contact: Carr Enterprises, 3 Belvoir Circle, Chattanooga, TN 37412.VISA, MasterCard and purchase orders accepted. Call toll-free 1-866-698-5685. Fax: 423-698-3182. Email: drtcarr@aol.com. Web: www.teecarr.com.

School Bells and Inkwells

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This is a 2-book bundle of George Brown, Class Clown. This bundle will include the following books:
Help! I’m Stuck in a Giant Nostril! (#6) 
Attack of the Tighty Whities! (#7)
These books are illustrated by Aaron Blecha. 
The covers are still shiny, but show scratches, indentions, bends, creases, and minor corner and edge wear. Inside, the pages appear clean but the outer edges have a mark in permanent ink. 

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Robert A. Heinlein

Red Planet

Raina Telegemeier

Ghosts

Robert Frost

Robert Frost

Jo Voce

Christmas with Southern Living 1983

Kathleen N. Daly

The New Puppy

Frances L. Whisler

Indian Cookin

Gregory L. White; Paul E. Mullen

Jealousy

Beverly Cleary; Louis Darling

Henry and the Paper Route

Eric Sloane

The Diary of an Early American Boy

Yoshiko Uchida

Journey Home

Jody Brolsma

Fun-to-Learn Bible Lessons, Grades 4 and Up

Michael Mullin

Africa in America

Norman Bridwell

Clifford Takes A Trip

Tracy Barrett

Anna of Byzantium

Miriam Grace Monfredo

Sisters of Cain

Patricia Wrightson

The Ice is Coming

Sue E. Johnson

The Other Side of Welcome

Nicholas Edwards

Come Home

Marc H. Miller; Richard A. Long; Dan Morgenstein; Donald Bagle

Louis Armstrong

Bernard Waber

Ira Sleeps Over

Cal Newport

So Good They Can't Ignore You

Maxine Hancock

Creative, Confident Children

Tee Carr

School Bells and Inkwells

Nancy Krulik

George Brown, Class Clown 2-Book Bundle

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