Barbara Ehrenreich

Frances Fox Piven

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Indiana

In an attempt to understand the lives of Americans earning near-minimum wages, Ehrenreich works as a waitress in Florida, a cleaning woman in Maine, and a sales clerk in Minnesota.

Nickel and Dimed

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Plum Sykes

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A major national media event when published in hardcover, this delicious follow-up to Bergdorf Blondes was an immediate New York Times bestseller and confirmed Plum Sykes status as a literary superstar. Sylvie Mortimer has just married and is blissfully happy with The Divine New Husband, Hunter. Sylvie's new friend, Lauren Blount, is very rich, very young, very thin, very pretty -- and very, very divorced. The most reckless and glamorous of Manhattan's Debutante Divorce set, Lauren captivates Sylvie, the group's token newlywed. But while Lauren sets out on a morality-lite, orgasm-heavy "Make Out Challenge," Sylvie discovers her marriage isnt exactly an Eternity ad -- especially when the city's most notorious Husband Huntress zeros in on her spouse. The Debutante Divorce delivers all the wit and charm that made Bergdorf Blondes a smash hit. This juicy new tale delighted Sykes many fans in hardcover and will continue to earn her new ones in this dazzling, chic paperback edition.

The Debutante Divorcée

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Billie Letts

Talk about unlucky sevens. An hour ago, seventeen-year-old, seven months pregnant Novalee Nation was heading for California with her boyfriend. Now she finds herself stranded at a Wal-Mart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma, with just $7.77 in change. But Novalee is about to discover hidden treasures in this small Southwest town--a group of down-to-earth, deeply caring people willing to help a homeless, jobless girl living secretly in a Wal-Mart. From Bible-thumping blue-haired Sister Thelma Husband to eccentric librarian Forney Hull who loves Novalee more than she loves herself, they are about to take her--and you, too--on a moving, funny, and unforgettable journey to . . . Where the Heart Is.

Where the Heart Is

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Brandy Purdy

Shy, plain Lady Jane Parker feels out of place in Henry VIII's courtly world of glamour and intrigue--until she meets the handsome George Boleyn. Overjoyed when their fathers arrange a match, her dreams of a loving union are waylaid when she meets George's sister, Anne. For George is completely devoted to his sister, and cold and indifferent to his bride. As Anne acquires a wide circle of admirers, including King Henry, Jane's resentment grows. But if becoming Henry's queen makes Anne the most powerful woman in England, it also makes her highly vulnerable. And as Henry, desperate for a male heir, begins to tire of his mercurial wife, the stage is set for the ultimate betrayal. . .

Encompassing the reigns of four of Henry's wives, from the doomed Anne to the reckless Katherine Howard, The Boleyn Wife is an unforgettable story of ambition, lust, and jealousy, of the power of love to change the course of history, and of the terrible price of revenge.

The Boleyn Wife

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Caitlin-Complete Series

Diary of a Teenage Girl

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Susan Jane Gilman

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

They were young, brilliant, and bold. They set out to conquer the world. But the world had other plans for them.

Bestselling author Susan Jane Gilman's new memoir is a hilarious and harrowing journey, a modern heart of darkness filled with Communist operatives, backpackers, and pancakes.

In 1986, fresh out of college, Gilman and her friend Claire yearned to do something daring and original that did not involve getting a job. Inspired by a place mat at the International House of Pancakes, they decided to embark on an ambitious trip around the globe, starting in the People's Republic of China. At that point, China had been open to independent travelers for roughly ten minutes.

Armed only with the collected works of Nietzsche, an astrological love guide, and an arsenal of bravado, the two friends plunged into the dusty streets of Shanghai. Unsurprisingly, they quickly found themselves in over their heads. As they ventured off the map deep into Chinese territory, they were stripped of everything familiar and forced to confront their limitations amid culture shock and government surveillance. What began as a journey full of humor, eroticism, and enlightenment grew increasingly sinister-becoming a real-life international thriller that transformed them forever.

Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven is a flat-out page-turner, an astonishing true story of hubris and redemption told with Gilman's trademark compassion, lyricism, and wit.

Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven

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Oswald Chambers

James Reimann

Today’s youth want to live “on the edge”—and that’s where Oswald Chambers wrote My Utmost for His Highest. The classic devotional, calling for radical Christianity, is a perfect match for today’s young adults seeking a real, vital faith. This exciting promotional edition features Jim Reimann’s modernized text of My Utmost for His Highest, helpful scripture and subject indexes, and a cool, youth oriented cover. Best of all, it’s priced to introduce tens of thousands of young people to a devotional that can truly change their lives.

My Utmost for His Highest

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All the Days of Her Life

Meg Cabot

Sixteen-year-old Nicola Sparks is infuriated when Nathanial Sheridan casts aspersions on the character of Lord Sebastian Bartholomew, the man she hopes to marry, and is sure that nothing Nathanial can say will change her opinion.

Nicola and the Viscount

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Beth Moore

You've Been a Bad Friend to Us

Addresses insecurities felt by Christian women, including body image and success as measured by money, power, and status.

So Long, Insecurity

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Leslie Parrott

Les Parrott

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)





More than a million couples can't be wrong! And with this updated edition of their award-winning book, Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott help you launch lifelong love like never before.

This is more than a book--it's an experience, especially when you use the his/her workbooks filled with more than 40 fun exercises. Get ready for deeper intimacy with the best friend you'll ever have.

Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, in more than 15 languages, is the most widely used marriage prep tool in the world. 

 * Uncover the misbeliefs of marriage
 * Learn to communicate with instant understanding
 * Discover the secret to resolving conflict
 * Master the skills of money management
 * Get your sex life off to a great start

A compelling video, featuring real-life couples, is available, and with this updated edition Les and Leslie unveil the game-changing SYMBIS Assessment. Now you can discover how to leverage your personalities for a love that last a lifetime.

Make your marriage everything it is meant to be. Save your marriage--before (and after) it starts.

Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts

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Amanda Goldberg

Ruthanna Khalighi Hopper

Prepare to enter a world of what fashion designer Michael Kors has called “stylish intrigue, glamorous machinations, and such juicy fun.”  Take a wild ride with Amanda Goldberg and Ruthanna Hopper, who have culled their insider’s purview to peel back Oscar’s legendary curtain and reveal what really goes on under the sheets of Young Hollywood. Do Happy Hollywood Endings really exist, or does everyone end up on the cutting room floor sooner or later?  It’s a shocking, entertaining race to the end of the red carpet…

Twenty-six-year-old Lola Santisi, daughter of an Academy Award-winning mega-director and a former cover model, is Hollywood Royalty without a kingdom—or even a condo—to call her own.  This “Actorholic,” who also suffers from “Career Deficit Disorder,” is looking for more from life than what her famous last name has offered, namely her mother’s last-season Chanel hand-me-downs and the lurking shadow of her father’s fame. In her latest gig as a Hollywood ambassador, Lola’s stepping out of her Louboutins and into fashion’s ultimate combat boots to engage in LA's cruelest blood sport: convincing celebrities to wear an unknown designer's gowns to the Oscars.

Providing advice, emotional support, and even a new mantra or two are her BFF (Best Friend Forever) Kate Woods, an obsessively ambitious talent agent desperate to go from unter to über, and her BAF (Best Actress Forever) Cricket Curtis, a struggling up-and-comer trying to surpass her role as a coma victim on Grey’s Anatomy and overcome one rejection after another to become the next Cameron Diaz or Nicole Kidman, or the next anybody.  Together, they dodge fashion roadkill while navigating General Motors’ Annual Fashion Show, the Gagosian dinner at Mr. Chow, and more.  Ultimately, the week culminates at the über-exclusive Vanity Fair Oscar party, where the allotted time slot on your invitation marks how far in or out you really are.  But who will be left standing with job, heart, and stilettos still intact at the after-after-Oscar party?

Celebutantes

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Guillermo Maldonado

Experience Signs, Wonders, and Miracles Now

"Shows that miracles, healings, and deliverance from demonic oppression are available to every believer and how to take advantage of the supernatural power that is available to you"--Provided by publisher.

How to Walk in the Supernatural Power of God

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Lauren Weisberger

A Novel

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SOON TO BE A BROADWAY MUSICAL • The iconic novel that inspired the hit movie starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway—a gloriously wicked story about the ultimate Boss from Hell and the deals we make with the devil to get to the top “The degree to which The Devil Wears Prada has penetrated pop culture needs no explanation.”—Vanity Fair Andrea Sachs, a small-town girl fresh out of college, lands the job “a million girls would die for.” Hired as the assistant to Miranda Priestly, the high-profile, fabulously successful editor of Runway magazine, Andrea finds herself in an office that shouts Prada! Armani! Versace! at every turn, a world populated by impossibly thin, heart-wrenchingly stylish women and beautiful men clad in fine-ribbed turtlenecks and tight leather pants that show off their lifelong dedication to the gym. With breathtaking ease, Miranda can turn each and every one of these hip sophisticates into a scared, whimpering child. Andrea is sorely tested each and every day—and often late into the night—with orders barked over the phone. She puts up with it all by keeping her eyes on the prize: a recommendation from Miranda that will get her a top job at any magazine of her choosing. As things escalate from the merely unacceptable to the downright outrageous, Andrea begins to realize that the job a million girls would die for may just kill her. And even if she survives, she has to decide whether or not it’s worth the price of her soul.

The Devil Wears Prada

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Audrey Niffenegger

Passionately in love, Clare and Henry vow to hold onto each other and their marriage as they struggle with the effects of Chrono-Displacement Disorder, a condition that casts Henry involuntarily into the world of time travel.

The Time Traveler's Wife

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50 Best Yoga Positions

The Power of Positive 

Chicken Soup for the Soul

Mark DeVries

Why Most Youth Ministry Doesn't Last and What Your Church Can Do about It

You're looking for a youth pastor. Again.What goes wrong? Why do youth ministries crumble? And what is the cost to students, parents, volunteers and church staff?Is a sustainable youth ministry possible, even after a youth pastor leaves?Youth ministry expert Mark DeVries knows the answer is yes, because he helps build sustainable youth ministries through his coaching service called Youth Ministry Architects. So take heart: No matter what state the youth ministry at your church is in--in need of a leader and volunteers, full of battles and stress, large or small in number--it can be built to survive and to last for the long haul.Based on his own experience and on his many conversations and interviews with churches in crisis, DeVries pinpoints problems that cause division and burnout and dispels strongly held myths. He then provides the practical tools and structures pastors and church leaders need to lay a strong foundation for your ministry so that it isn't built on a person or the latest, greatest student ministry trend.His accessible guidance

 * helps senior pastors and search committees create a realistic job description for a youth pastor
 * provides tips for making wise hiring decisions
 * equips youth pastors to build a strong volunteer team
 * offers creative solutions to help youth pastors set and keep boundaries
 * gives a road map for navigating church politics
 * and more

Building a sustainable youth ministry is not easy, and it's not quick. But with commitment to the process, hard work and DeVries's guidance, you can put together a healthy youth ministry--one that fits your church and lasts for the long haul. Youth ministry can last. Here's how.

Sustainable Youth Ministry

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Carl A. Blunt

Youth ministry is not easy, but it doesn t have to be complicated either. If you long for a simpler way of doing youth ministry, The Secrets of the Simple Youth Ministry may be your answer. In the vein of Pilgrim s Progress, this short allegory will take you on a journey of discovery. Follow Tanner, the main character, as he struggles through his calling and ministry. Adventure builds upon adventure as each Secret is revealed. With an unexpected twist around every corner, you will be challenged not only to evaluate your ministry, but also your life. Making youth ministry simple for you is the goal of this book. Simple and time-tested principles for youth ministry rise out of the story. These principles will take you back to the heart of your walk with God and back to the heart of your ministry. With the simple worksheet section at the end of the book, you will be challenged to begin implementing these practical principles in your life and ministry today. I hope you enjoy and identify with the characters. I pray it will draw you into the arms of our Savior and release you to do His work in a simple, yet effective way.

The Secrets of the Simple Youth Ministry

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Jon Kabat-zinn

Reclaiming the Present Moment--and Your Life

We may long for wholeness, suggests Jon Kabat-Zinn, but the truth is that it is already here and already ours. The practice of mindfulness holds the possibility of not just a fleeting sense of contentment, but a true embracing of a deeper unity that envelops and permeates our lives. With Mindfulness for Beginners you are invited to learn how to transform your relationship to the way you think, feel, love, work, and play--and thereby awaken to and embody more completely who you really are.
Here, the teacher, scientist, and clinician who first demonstrated the benefits of mindfulness within mainstream Western medicine offers a book that you can use in three unique ways: as a collection of reflections and practices to be opened and explored at random; as an illuminating and engaging start-to-finish read; or as an unfolding "lesson- a-day" primer on mindfulness practice.
Beginning and advanced meditators alike will discover in these pages a valuable distillation of the key attitudes and essential practices that Jon Kabat-Zinn has found most useful with his students, including:
 * Why heartfulness is synonymous with true mindfulness
 * The value of coming back to our bodies and to our senses over and over again
 * How our thoughts "self-liberate" when touched by awareness
 * Moving beyond our "story" into direct experience
 * Stabilizing our attention and presence amidst daily activities
 * The three poisons that cause suffering--and their antidotes
 * How mindfulness heals, even after the fact
 * Reclaiming our wholeness, and more

The prescription for living a more mindful life seems simple enough: return your awareness again and again to whatever is going on. But if you''ve tried it, you know that here is where all the questions and challenges really begin. Mindfulness for Beginners provides welcome answers, insights, and instruction to help us make that shift, moment by moment, into a more spacious, clear, reliable, and loving connection with ourselves and the world.
Includes a complete CD with five guided mindfulness meditations by Jon Kabat-Zinn, selected from the audio program that inspired this book.
 
Contents
 
Part I  Entering
Beginner''s Mind
The Breath
Who Is Breathing?
The Hardest Work in the World
Taking Care of This Moment
Mindfulness Is Awareness
Doing Mode and Being Mode
A Grounding in Science
Mindfulness is Universal
Wakefulness
Stabilizing and Calibrating Your Instrument
Inhabiting Awareness Is the Essence of Practice
The Beauty of Discipline
Adjusting Your Default Setting
Awareness:  Our Only Capacity Robust Enough to Balance Thinking
Attention and Awareness Are Trainable Skills
Nothing Wrong with Thinking
Befriending Our Thinking
Images of Your Mind That Might Be Useful
Not Taking Our Thoughts Personally
Selfing
Our Love Affair with Personal Pronouns--Especially I, Me, and Mine
Awareness Is a Big Container
The Objects of Attention Are Not as Important as the Attending Itself
 
Part II:  Sustaining
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
A World-Wide Phenomenon
An Affectionate Attention
Mindfulness Brought to All the Senses
Proprioception and Interoception
The Unity of Awareness
The Knowing Is Awareness
Life Itself Becomes the Meditation Practice
You Already Belong
Right Beneath Our Noses
Mindfulness is Not Merely a Good Idea
To Come Back in Touch
Who Am I?  Questioning Our Own Narrative
You Are More Than Any Narrative
You Are Never Not Whole
Paying Attention in a Different Way
Not Knowing
The Prepared Mind
What Is Yours to See?
 
Part III:  Deepening
 No Place to Go, Nothing to Do
The Doing That Comes Out of Being
To Act Appropriately
If You Are Aware of What Is Happening, You Are Doing It Right
Non-Judging Is an Act of Intelligence and Kindness
You Can Only Be Yourself--Thank Goodness!
Embodied Knowing
Feeling Joy for Others
The Full Catastrophe
Is My Awareness of Suffering Suffering?
What Does Liberation from Suffering Mean?
Hell Realms
Liberation Is in the Practice Itself
The Beauty of the Mind That Knows Itself
Taking Care of Your Meditation Practice
Energy Conservation in Meditation Practice
An Attitude of Non-Harming
Greed:  The Cascade of Dissatisfactions
Aversion:  The Flip Side of Greed
Delusion and the Trap of Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
Now Is Always the Right Time
The "Curriculum" is "Just This"
Giving Your Life Back to Yourself
Bringing Mindfulness Further Into the World
 
Part IV:  Ripening
The Attitudinal Foundations of Mindfulness Practice
Non-Judging
Patience
Beginner''s Mind
Trust
Non-Striving
Acceptance
Letting Go
 
Part V:  Practicing
 Getting Started with Formal Practice
Mindfulness of Eating
Mindfulness of Breathing
Mindfulness of the Body as a Whole
Mindfulness of Sounds, Thoughts, and Emotions
Mindfulness as Pure Awareness

Mindfulness for Beginners

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Sharon Begley

How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves

In this fascinating and far-reaching book, Newsweek science writer Sharon Begley reports on how cutting-edge science and the ancient wisdom of Buddhism have come together to reveal that, contrary to popular belief, we have the power to literally change our brains by changing our minds. Recent pioneering experiments in neuroplasticity–the ability of the brain to change in response to experience–reveal that the brain is capable of altering its structure and function, and even of generating new neurons, a power we retain well into old age. The brain can adapt, heal, renew itself after trauma, compensate for disabilities, rewire itself to overcome dyslexia, and break cycles of depression and OCD. And as scientists are learning from studies performed on Buddhist monks, it is not only the outside world that can change the brain, so can the mind and, in particular, focused attention through the classic Buddhist practice of mindfulness.

With her gift for making science accessible, meaningful, and compelling, Sharon Begley illuminates a profound shift in our understanding of how the brain and the mind interact and takes us to the leading edge of a revolution in what it means to be human.

“There are two great things about this book. One is that it shows us how nothing about our brains is set in stone. The other is that it is written by Sharon Begley, one of the best science writers around. Begley is superb at framing the latest facts within the larger context of the field. . . . This is a terrific book.”
–Robert M. Sapolsky, author of Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers

“Excellent . . . elegant and lucid prose . . . an open mind here will be rewarded.”
–Discover magazine

“A strong dose of hope along with a strong does of science and Buddhist thought.”
–The San Diego Union-Tribune

Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain

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Kristin Cast

A House of Night Novel

Betrayed

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Rebecca Maldonado

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Barbara Ehrenreich; Frances Fox Piven

Nickel and Dimed

Plum Sykes

The Debutante Divorcée

Billie Letts

Where the Heart Is

Brandy Purdy

The Boleyn Wife

Melody Carlson

Diary of a Teenage Girl

Melody Carlson

Diary of a Teenage Girl

Melody Carlson

Diary of a Teenage Girl

Susan Jane Gilman

Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven

Oswald Chambers; James Reimann

My Utmost for His Highest

Lurlene McDaniel

All the Days of Her Life

Meg Cabot

Nicola and the Viscount

Beth Moore

So Long, Insecurity

Leslie Parrott; Les Parrott

Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts

Amanda Goldberg; Ruthanna Khalighi Hopper

Celebutantes

Guillermo Maldonado

How to Walk in the Supernatural Power of God

Lauren Weisberger

The Devil Wears Prada

Audrey Niffenegger

The Time Traveler's Wife

Paragon

50 Best Yoga Positions

Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Amy Newmark

Chicken Soup for the Soul

Mark DeVries

Sustainable Youth Ministry

Carl A. Blunt

The Secrets of the Simple Youth Ministry

Jon Kabat-zinn

Mindfulness for Beginners

Sharon Begley

Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain

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Betrayed

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