Ann Aguirre

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

California

The Dred Chronicles 

The Conglomerate's most dangerous convicts have made the prison ship Perdition their home. And they will defend it...
 
Perdition is under siege. Mercenaries have boarded the station with orders to take control of the facility--and execute the prisoners. Their commander is offering full pardons to the first five inmates willing to help the mercs complete their mission.
 
Dresdemona "Dred" Devos hasn't survived hard time just to surrender to the Conglomerate's armored thugs. Leading a ragtag army of inmates, Dred and her champion, Jael, wage a bloody guerilla war of chaos and carnage against impossible odds. But no matter how dire the outlook, the Dread Queen never backs down...

Havoc

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Brent Weeks

Gavin Guile is the Prism, the most powerful man in the world. He is high priest and emperor, a man whose power, wit, and charm are all that preserves a tenuous peace. But Prisms never last, and Guile knows exactly how long he has left to live: Five years to achieve five impossible goals. But when Guile discovers he has a son, born in a far kingdom after the war that put him in power, he must decide how much he's willing to pay to protect a secret that could tear his world apart.

The Black Prism

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Hazel Gaynor

Small amount of damage in upper left corner of front cover. Comes from a pet friendly home

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

A Novel

Gaynor's story of courage and strength will make you believe in the heroic spirit in each of us. --Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours Their motto was to be prepared, but nothing could prepare them for war. . . The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home sets her unforgettable new novel in China during WWII, inspired by true events surrounding the Japanese Army's internment of teachers and children from a British-run missionary school. China, December 1941. Having left an unhappy life in England for a teaching post at a missionary school in northern China, Elspeth Kent is now anxious to return home to help the war effort. But as she prepares to leave China, a terrible twist of fate determines a different path for Elspeth, and those in her charge. Ten-year-old Nancy Plummer has always felt safe at Chefoo School, protected by her British status. But when Japan declares war on Britain and America, Japanese forces take control of the school and the security and comforts Nancy and her friends are used to are replaced by privation, uncertainty and fear. Now the enemy, and separated from their parents, the children look to their teachers - to Miss Kent and her new Girl Guide patrol especially - to provide a sense of unity and safety. Faced with the relentless challenges of oppression, the school community must rely on their courage, faith and friendships as they pray for liberation - but worse is to come when they are sent to a distant internment camp where even greater uncertainty and danger await . . . Inspired by true events, When We Were Young and Brave is an unforgettable novel about impossible choices and unimaginable hardship, and the life-changing bonds formed between a young girl and her teacher in a remote corner of a terrible war. --Lynda Cohen Loigman, USA Today bestselling author of The Two-Family House and The Wartime Sisters

When We Were Young and Brave

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Edward Carey

"An amazing achievement. . . A compulsively readable novel, so canny and weird and surfeited with the reality of human capacity and ingenuity that I am stymied for comparison. Dickens and David Lynch? Defoe meets Margaret Atwood? Judge for yourself." —Gregory Maguire, New York Times-bestselling author of Wicked The wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud. In 1761, a tiny, odd-looking girl named Marie is born in a village in Switzerland. After the death of her parents, she is apprenticed to an eccentric wax sculptor and whisked off to the seamy streets of Paris, where they meet a domineering widow and her quiet, pale son. Together, they convert an abandoned monkey house into an exhibition hall for wax heads, and the spectacle becomes a sensation. As word of her artistic talent spreads, Marie is called to Versailles, where she tutors a princess and saves Marie Antoinette in childbirth. But outside the palace walls, Paris is roiling: The revolutionary mob is demanding heads, and . . . at the wax museum, heads are what they do. In the tradition of Gregory Maguire's Wicked and Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus, Edward Carey's Little is a darkly endearing cavalcade of a novel—a story of art, class, determination, and how we hold on to what we love.

Little

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Maggie O'Farrell

*A New York Times Best Seller* *One of The New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year* A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year "Of all the stories that argue and speculate about Shakespeare's life... here is a novel ... so gorgeously written that it transports you. --The Boston Globe In 1580's England, during the Black Plague a young Latin tutor falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman in this "exceptional historical novel" (The New Yorker) and best-selling winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction. Agnes is a wild creature who walks her family's land with a falcon on her glove and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer, understanding plants and potions better than she does people. Once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose career on the London stage is taking off when his beloved young son succumbs to sudden fever. A luminous portrait of a marriage, a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss, and a tender and unforgettable re-imagining of a boy whose life has been all but forgotten, and whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays of all time, Hamnet is mesmerizing, seductive, impossible to put down--a magnificent leap forward from one of our most gifted novelists.

Hamnet

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Steve McDermott

Pages in excellent shape, but a few have been underlined and/or highlighted. See photos for an example. Markings do not effect the readability.

Book comes from a pet friendly home.

44 1/2 Steps to Lasting Underachievement

Really want to know how to fail? Consistently? Massively? Irrevocably? Steve McDermott's spent years studying the world's greatest failures: those extraordinary individuals who've spectacularly underachieved in every walk of life. They all use the exact same skills and strategies--and you can learn them, too. (Maybe you know some already!) In this quick, incredibly practical guide to failure, McDermott brings together dozens of state-of-the-art techniques guaranteed to help you crash, burn, and disappoint everyone in your life. In just minutes, discover how to fail at... * Leadership * Relationships * Personal growth * Achieving happiness * Teamwork * Planning * Goal-setting * Careers * Financial security * First impressions * And so much more! DANGER: Do NOT attempt to reverse these techniques. If performed in the opposite fashion, they may cause spectacular success. The publisher and author will not be held responsible for wealth, happiness, or career achievements resulting from the use of these skills and strategies in reverse.

How to Be a Complete and Utter Failure in Life, Work and Everything

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Richard N. Bolles

A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers

The world's most popular job-search book is updated for 2014 with up-to-the-minute information and tips for how-to look for work and change careers.
In today's challenging job-market, the long-trusted guidance of "What Color Is Your Parachute?" is needed more than ever. Published in 22 languages and 26 countries, and with over 10 million copies sold, "What Color is Your Parachute?" has helped millions discover their unique gifts, skills, and interests and land a job--even in hard times.
This 2014 edition of " one of] the 100 best and most influential nonfiction books] written in English since 1923," according to TIME.com, is refreshed with up-to-the-minute statistics, job-field analyses, and advice on social media and search tactics (including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Skype, Yelp, and YouTube). However, "Parachute'"s core message remains intact: WHAT, WHERE, and HOW.
What do you most love to do?
Where do you most love to do it?
How do you find such a job and persuade those employers to hire you?
Career and business guru Richard ("Dick") N. Bolles, who coined the terms "informational interview" and "transferable skills," demystifies the entire job-search process, from resumes, interviewing, networking, salary negotiation, career coaches, how to start your own business, and more.
Recent grads, workers laid-off mid-career, and people searching for an inspiring work-life change will all benefit from the support, encouragement, and nuts-and-bolts guidance "Parachute" has to offer. As Dave Kerpen, "New York Times" bestselling author and CEO of social media software platform Likable Local and chairman of Likeable Media, said on LinkedIn about pursuing his passions post-college:
"For several months I floundered -- as a life insurance salesman, a pizza delivery guy, and a tutor. Then I found a book which changed my life - "What Color Is Your Parachute" (incidentally, the best-selling career book of all time). The book essentially says: Figure out what you're passionate about, and then go find an industry, organization and job through which you can pursue your passions. I was passionate about marketing, and media, and children, and I loved the Disney brand. So I found Radio Disney, called them up and asked to meet with them, and even though there was no job posted, I got a job there. A year later I was the top salesperson in the country, and while I have changed jobs and careers several times, I've always pursued things I'm super passionate about. If you don't have a job yet, and take away just one thing from me today: Get the book."
What other readers and reviewers are saying about "What Color is Your Parachute?" and Dick Bolles" "
"This...edition is as relevant today as when it was first published.""Dick Bolles insightfully stays on the cutting edge of job-searching, ""and the book is full of new and updated suggestions, along with the""classic advice that continues to hold true today."
--Alison Doyle, About.com Guide
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"If you go into the bookstore and find the section on jobs, careers, or networking--the reason that section even exists is because of Dick Bolles." --G. L. Hoffman, JobDig
"This book brought me back to life, caused me to rethink everything about myself and revived my passion for me to be my best self." --Simi Kaila
Are you ready to dust off your motivation, land a job, and live your best life?


What Color Is Your Parachute? 2014

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Paul Freiberger

How to Ace the Interview and Win the Job

New York Times best-selling writer Paul Freiberger gives you the tools to ace the interview and get hired. As President of Shimmering Resumes, Paul has helped thousands of job seekers with his expertise.

When Can You Start?

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Spencer Johnson

Kenneth Blanchard

Dust jacket has a few stickers put on it from the store. Book comes from a pet friendly home.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

An a-Mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life

Relates a highly meaningful parable intended to help one deal with change quickly and prevail, offering readers a simple way to progress in their work and lives.

Who Moved My Cheese?

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Valentine De Landro

Robert Wilson

Taki Soma

Kelly Sue DeConnick

Extraordinary Machine

"Image presents ... Space is the mother, Earth is the Father, and for your wickedness your Father has cast you out. You will live out your lives in penitence and service here on... Bitch Planet"--Introductory pages. A prison for noncompliant, mostly women of color, is located on planet far away and which condones sadistic patriarchal punishers.

Bitch Planet

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Constance Johnson

For more than twenty years, millions of managers in Fortune 500 companies and small businesses nationwide have followed The One Minute Manager's techniques, thus increasing their productivity, job satisfaction, and personal prosperity. These very real results were achieved through learning the management techniques that spell profitability for the organization and its employees. The One Minute Manager is a concise, easily read story that reveals three very practical secrets: One Minute Goals, One Minute Praisings, and One Minute Reprimands. The book also presents several studies in medicine and the behavioral sciences that clearly explain why these apparently simple methods work so well with so many people. By the book's end you will know how to apply them to your own situation and enjoy the benefits. That's why The One Minute Manager has continued to appear on business bestseller lists for more than two decades, and has become an international sensation.

The One Minute Manager

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Jamie Ford

Book is like new condition, one that was sent presigned to bookstore at the time of it's release.

Book comes from a pet friendly home.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A half-Chinese orphan whose mother sacrificed everything to give him a better chance is raffled off as a prize at Seattle's 1909 World's Fair, only to land in the ownership of the madam of a notorious brothel where he finds friendship and opportunities, in a story based on true events.

Love and Other Consolation Prizes

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Christina Dalcher

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Petina Gappah

“Engrossing, beautiful, and deeply imaginative, Out of Darkness, Shining Light is a novel that lends voice to those who appeared only as footnotes in history, yet whose final, brave act of loyalty and respect changed the course of it. An incredible and important book by a masterful writer.” ​—Yaa Gyasi, author of Homegoing “This is how we carried out of Africa the poor broken body of Bwana Daudi, the Doctor, David Livingstone, so that he could be borne across the sea and buried in his own land.” So begins Petina Gappah's powerful novel of exploration and adventure in nineteenth-century Africa—the captivating story of the loyal men and women who carried explorer and missionary Dr. Livingstone's body, his papers and maps, fifteen hundred miles across the continent of Africa, so his remains could be returned home to England and his work preserved there. Narrated by Halima, the doctor's sharp-tongued cook, and Jacob Wainwright, a rigidly pious freed slave, this is a story that encompasses all of the hypocrisy of slavery and colonization—the hypocrisy at the core of the human heart—while celebrating resilience, loyalty, and love.

Out of Darkness, Shining Light

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Marc Hershon

Jonathan Littman

Boards are in good condition. Some pages have been underlined and annotated in pencil- please see picture for an example. Dust jacket is not included, my boyfriend threw it away

Kick Loose from the Overbearing and Underhanded Jerks at Work and Get What You Want Out of Your Job

Face it, whether your company has 10 employees or 10,000, you must grapple with people you can't stand in the office. Luckily Jonathan Littman and Marc Hershon have written I HATE PEOPLE!, a smart, counter-intuitive, and irreverent turn on the classic workplace self-help book that will show you how to identify the Ten Least Wanted--the people you hate--while revealing the strategies to neutralize them. Learn to fly right by the "Stop Sign" (nay-sayer) and rise above the pronouncements of the "Know-it-None." I HATE PEOPLE! will teach you how to carve out more time for yourself by becoming a "Soloist"--one of those bold individuals daring to work alone or collaborate with a handful of other talented people....while artfully deflecting the rest.

I Hate People!

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Del Sroufe

Isa Chandra Moskowitz

Julieanna Hever

Darshana Thacker

Judy Micklewright

Book has some wear from use as a cookbook. Comes from a pet friendly home.

Over 300 Simple and Delicious Plant-Based Recipes to Help You Lose Weight, Be Healthier, and Feel Better Every Day

New York Times Bestseller A whole-foods, plant-based diet that has never been easier or tastier—learn to cook the Forks Over Knives way with more than 300 recipes for every day! Forks Over Knives—the book, the film, the movement—is back again in a cookbook. The secret is out: If you want to lose weight, lower your cholesterol, avoid cancer, and prevent (or even reverse) type 2 diabetes and heart disease, the right food is your best medicine. Thousands of people have cut out meat, dairy, and oils and seen amazing results. If you’re among them—or you’d like to be—you need this cookbook. Del Sroufe, the man behind some of the mouthwatering meals in the landmark documentary, proves that the Forks Over Knives philosophy is not about what you can’t eat, but what you can. Chef Del and his collaborators Julieanna Hever, Judy Micklewright, Darshana Thacker, and Isa Chandra Moskowitz transform wholesome fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes into hundreds of recipes—classic and unexpected, globally and seasonally inspired, and for every meal of the day, all through the year: Breakfast: Very Berry Smoothie, Breakfast Quinoa with Apple Compote Salads, Soups and Stews: Kale Salad with Maple-Mustard Dressing, Lotsa Vegetable Chowder, Lucky Black-Eyed Pea Stew Pasta and Noodle Dishes: Mushroom Stroganoff, Stir-Fried Noodles with Spring Vegetables Stir-Fried, Grilled and Hashed Vegetables: Grilled Eggplant “Steaks” Baked and Stuffed Vegetables: Millet-Stuffed Chard Rolls The Amazing Bean: White Beans and Escarole with Parsnips Great Grains: Polenta Pizza with Tomatoes and Basil Desserts: Apricot Fig Squares, Bursting with Berries Cobbler . . . and much more! Simple, affordable, and delicious, the recipes in Forks Over Knives—The Cookbook put the power of real, healthy food in your hands. Start cooking the plant-based way today—it could save your life!

Forks over Knives--The Cookbook

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Rocco DiSpirito

Kris Sherer

Henry Leutwyler

Chef and proprietor of one of New York's most successful restaurants, Manhattan's Union Pacific, Rocco DiSpirito has taken the world of cookery by storm, with appearances on everything from David Letterman and Good Morning America to the Food Network. Now he shows fans and new readers alike how to create bold, intriguingly delicious food through combinations of ingredients both mundane and exotic, using the four flavours (sour, sweet, bitter and salty) as basic building blocks, making for a sophisticated but easy to replicate cuisine. Illustrated in full-colour.

Flavor

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This is a hustory of Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VII. The dust jacket is a bit worn due to it's age, but the cover and pages are in excellent condition.

Book comes from a pet friendly home.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

A Crown for Elizabeth 

Christopher Paolini

Book IV

The young Dragon Rider Eragon must finally confront the evil king Galbatorix to free Alagaesia from his rule once and for all.

Inheritance

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Terry Brooks

Genesis of Shannara series

In a futuristic world in which civilization is near total collapse, evil forces control the ruins of the former United States, killing and enslaving the survivors, until Logan Tom embarks on a mission to find a child who bears a powerful magic that coulds

Armageddon's Children

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Book is in new condition as purchased from the bookstore. It came with a small dent in a few end pages.

Book is from a pet friendly home.

"The Gypsy Morph" represents the shattering conclusion to the "New York Times"-bestselling Genesis of Shannara trilogy.

The Gypsy Morph

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Book is new and unread. It came with a red sharpie dot from the store.

Book comes from a pet friendly home.

In a devastated world in which only a few imbued with magical gifts stand against the forces of evil, one hero flees Seattle with a group of orphaned street kids, another leads a group to the Oregon wilderness to meet the long-hidden Elves of Cintra, and the mystical King of the Silver River promises safety for humans and elves if they can reach his protection. 150,000 first printing.

The Elves of Cintra

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Kaitlyn Greenidge

A New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2021 and Best Historical Fiction Pick A Best Book of the Year: Washington Post, TIME, Los Angeles Times, and Christian Science Monitor “A stunning look at what freedom really means.” —The New York Times Coming of age in a free Black community in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn, Libertie Sampson is all too aware that her mother, a physician, has a vision for their future together: Libertie is to go to medical school and practice alongside her. But Libertie is hungry for something else—is there really only one way to be independent? And she is constantly reminded that, unlike her light-skinned mother, she will not be able to pass for white. When a young man from Haiti proposes to Libertie and promises a better life on the island, she accepts, only to discover that she is still subordinate to him and all men. As she tries to parse what freedom actually means for a Black woman, Libertie struggles with where she might find it—for herself and for generations to come. Inspired by the life of one of the first Black female doctors in the United States, critically acclaimed and Whiting Award–winning author Kaitlyn Greenidge returns with an unforgettable and immersive novel that will resonate with readers eager to understand our present through a deep, moving, and lyrical dive into our past.

Libertie

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Phong Nguyen

A minor dent at the top of the spine- it arrive at the bookstore that way. 

Book comes from a pet friendly home.

A "gripping historical adventure" of ancient Vietnam based on the true story of two warrior sisters who raised an army of women to overthrow the Han Chinese and rule as kings over a united people, for readers of Circe and The Night Tiger (Booklist).



Gather around, children of Chu Dien, and be brave.

For even to listen to the story of the Trung Sisters is,

in these troubled times, a dangerous act.



In 40 CE, in the Au Lac region of ancient Vietnam, two daughters of a Vietnamese Lord fill their days training, studying, and trying to stay true to Vietnamese traditions. While Trung Trac is disciplined and wise, always excelling in her duty, Trung Nhi is fierce and free spirited, more concerned with spending time in the gardens and with lovers.



But these sister's lives--and the lives of their people--are shadowed by the oppressive rule of the Han Chinese. They are forced to adopt Confucian teachings, secure marriages, and pay ever‑increasing taxes. As the peoples' frustration boils over, the country comes ever closer to the edge of war.



When Trung Trac and Trung Nhi's father is executed, their world comes crashing down around them. With no men to save them against the Han's encroaching regime, they must rise and unite the women of Vietnam into an army. Solidifying their status as champions of women and Vietnam, they usher in a period of freedom and independence for their people.



Vivid, lyrical, and filled with adventure, The Bronze Drum is a true story of standing up for one's people, culture, and country that has been passed down through generations of Vietnamese families through oral tradition. Phong Nguyen's breathtaking novel takes these real women out of legends and celebrates their loves, losses, and resilience in this inspirational story of women's strength and power even in the face of the greatest obstacles.

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Ann Aguirre

Havoc

Brent Weeks

The Black Prism

Hazel Gaynor

When We Were Young and Brave

Edward Carey

Little

Maggie O'Farrell

Hamnet

Steve McDermott

How to Be a Complete and Utter Failure in Life, Work and Everything

Richard N. Bolles

What Color Is Your Parachute? 2014

Paul Freiberger

When Can You Start?

Spencer Johnson; Kenneth Blanchard

Who Moved My Cheese?

Valentine De Landro; Robert Wilson; Taki Soma; Kelly Sue DeConnick

Bitch Planet

Kenneth Blanchard; Spencer Johnson; Constance Johnson

The One Minute Manager

Jamie Ford

Love and Other Consolation Prizes

Christina Dalcher

Vox

Petina Gappah

Out of Darkness, Shining Light

Marc Hershon; Jonathan Littman

I Hate People!

Del Sroufe; Isa Chandra Moskowitz; Julieanna Hever; Darshana Thacker; Judy Micklewright

Forks over Knives--The Cookbook

Rocco DiSpirito; Kris Sherer; Henry Leutwyler

Flavor

Mary M. Luke

A Crown for Elizabeth

Christopher Paolini

Inheritance

Terry Brooks

Armageddon's Children

Terry Brooks

The Gypsy Morph

Terry Brooks

The Elves of Cintra

Kaitlyn Greenidge

Libertie

Phong Nguyen

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