Ivan Brett

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Minnesota

And 99 More Games for Everyone, Everywhere

With 100 games to start a party, ideas to trigger conversation, storytelling setups, and fiendish puzzles--no materials required--The Floor Is Lava is a how-to for turning screen-free time into quality time.

Put down the phone and pick up the fun!

Analog play is known to stimulate imaginative thinking, problem solving, and interpersonal connection. However, games only seem to exist on screen now and quality time spent together--in person--is rarer than ever.

The Floor Is Lava is perfect for anyone looking to disconnect from technology and spend some time with family or friends. Packed with one hundred screen-free games, it's the necessary antidote to digital overload and the answer to every occasion:

- hosting a party
- long car rides
- cooling off on summer days
- sitting around the dinner table
- holiday gatherings
- rainy days

The best part is, you don't need anything to play. So what are you waiting for? Jump up and get started--the floor is lava!

The Floor Is Lava

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H. A. Rey

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

A New Way to See Them

This is a clear, vivid text with charts and maps showing the positions of the constellations the year round.

The Stars

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Kimberly Dean

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

9 Books in One

Nine classic I Can Read stories by New York Times bestselling author-illustrator James Dean in one book!

Pete the Cat is sure to make reading fun for young readers. This paper-over-board bind-up features 9 groovy stories. This collection includes both My First and Level 1 books, making it perfect for young readers who are ready to grow with I Can Read.

Pete the Cat's Giant Groovy Book includes eight favorite tales plus a brand-new one exclusive to this collection.

 * Pete the Cat and the Surprise Teacher: MY FIRST
 * Pete the Cat: Sir Pete the Brave: MY FIRST
 * Pete the Cat: Snow Daze: MY FIRST
 * Pete the Cat and the Tip-Top Tree House: MY FIRST
 * Pete the Cat and the Lost Tooth: MY FIRST
 * Pete the Cat and the Groovy Bake Sale: MY FIRST
 * Pete the Cat Goes Camping: LEVEL 1
 * Pete the Cat and the Cool Caterpillar: LEVEL 1
 * NEW! Pete the Cat's Family Tree: LEVEL1

Ideal for children learning to sound out words and sentences and beginning readers.

Pete the Cat's Giant Groovy Book

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Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

The Worlds Most Vulnerable Animals

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Michelle Nelson-Schmidt

Bob is not a unicorn. His friend George knows that. So does Stella. And Ted, and Larry. In Fact, it's definite: Bob is not a unicorn. Or is he?

Bob Is a Unicorn

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David Busch

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

David Busch's Sony a77 II Guide to Digital Photography is your all-in-one comprehensive resource and reference for the Sony a77 II camera. With this book in hand, you will explore the world of digital photography, develop your creativity, and take great photographs with your a77 II. This advanced Sony model features a new autofocus sensor with an industry-leading 79 AF points, and lightning fast tracking. It can capture 24-megapixel images at a blazing fast 12 fps or shoot 1080p high-definition movies with stereo sound. Filled with detailed how-to steps and full-color illustrations, David Busch's Sony a77 II Guide to Digital Photography covers all the camera's features in depth, from taking your first photos through advanced details of setup, exposure, lens selection, lighting, and more, and relates each feature to specific photographic techniques and situations. Also included is the handy a77 II "roadmap," an easy-to-use visual guide to the camera's features and controls. Learn when to use each option and, more importantly, when not to use them, by following the author's recommended settings for every menu entry. With best-selling photographer and mentor David Busch as your guide, you'll quickly have full creative mastery of your camera's capabilities, whether you're shooting on the job, as an advanced enthusiast, or are just out for fun. Start building your knowledge and confidence, while bringing your vision to light with the Sony a77 II today.

David Busch's Sony Alpha A77 II/ILCA-77M2 Guide to Digital Photography

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Bryan Peterson

How to Shoot Great Photographs with Any Camera

Now refreshed with current technologies and terms, and more than 25 percent new images and an all-new chapter, this bestselling guide shows readers how to shoot great photographs with any type of camera.

Understanding Exposure

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Nancy Richler

Rejected by her fiancé after traveling to post-WWII Montreal, an enigmatic Lily accepts the marriage proposal of her ex's smitten brother Nathan, who is shocked to discover that Lily is not the woman she claimed to be when she disappears, leaving behind their baby, a diary and a large uncut diamond.

The Imposter Bride

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Dave Eggers

Hired to work for the world's most powerful Internet company, Mae Holland questions her luck as life beyond her job grows distant, an encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, and her role at the company becomes increasingly public.

The Circle

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Leisa Rayven

Some loves never let you go… Cassie swore she'd never forgive Ethan for breaking her heart when they were in acting school years ago. He was her one great love, and when he refused to love her back, a part of her died forever…or so she thought. Now she and Ethan are sharing a Broadway stage, and he's determined to win her back. Finally he's able to say all the things she needed to hear years ago…but can she believe him? Has he really changed, and what makes this time different from all his other broken promises? The answer lies somewhere in the past, and now the truth will come to light. Will Cassie rediscover what it's like to be trusting and open again—the way she was before Ethan? Or is it too late for these star-crossed lovers? Don't miss this mesmerizing final chapter in the Bad Romeo duet, the unforgettable love story that captured the hearts of over two million fans online.

Broken Juliet

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Cameron Lund

When eighteen-year-old Keely Collins decides to lose her virginity, she fears Dean, a college student, will be turned off by her inexperience, so she decides to start with lifelong friend Andrew.

The Best Laid Plans

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Laurie Boyle Crompton

He calls it fate. She calls it blackmail. Rory has a secret: she's the vandal who paints graffiti lions all over her small town. If her policeman dad knew, he'd probably disown her. So when Hayes, a former screw-up on the path to recovery, catches her in the act, Rory's sure she's busted. Instead, he makes her a deal. If Rory shows him around town, he won't turn her in. It might be coercion, but at least the boy is hot. As they spend more time together, Rory worries she made the wrong choice. Hayes has a way of making her want things she shouldn't want and feel emotions she's tried to bury. Rory's going to have to distance herself from Hayes or confront a secret she can't bring herself to face...

Love and Vandalism

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In The Time of Our History

Kassy Tayler

Sixteen-year-old Wren MacAvoy works as a coal miner for a domed city where, after 200 years, society is complacent and coal is diminishing until she unwittingly becomes a catalist for a revolution that destroys the dome, which could mean the end of everything.

Ashes of Twilight

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Jean-luc Bannalec

A Mystery

"Roll over, Maigret. Commissaire Dupin has arrived."--M.C. Beaton

Commissaire Georges Dupin, a cantankerous, Parisian-born caffeine junkie recently relocated from the glamour of Paris to the remote (if picturesque) Breton coast, is dragged from his morning croissant and coffee to the scene of a curious murder. The local village of Pont-Aven--a sleepy community by the sea where everyone knows one other and nothing much seems to happen--is in shock. The legendary ninety-one-year-old hotelier Pierre-Louis Pennec, owner of the Central Hotel, has been found dead.

A picture-perfect seaside village that played host to Gaugin in the nineteenth century, Pont-Aven is at the height of its tourist season and is immediately thrown into uproar. As Dupin delves into the lives of the victim and the suspects, he uncovers a web of secrecy and silence that belies the village's quaint image.

A delectable read, Jean-Luc Bannalec's Death in Brittany transports readers to the French coast, where you can practically smell the sea air and taste the perfectly cooked steak frites in an expertly crafted, page-turning mystery for fans of Martin Walker.

Death in Brittany

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Sam Carrington

'I DEVOURED THIS STORY IN ONE SITTING' Louise Jensen, author of The Sister

A teenage girl is missing. Is your daughter involved, or is she next?

Your daughter is in danger. But can you trust her?

When Karen Finch's seventeen-year-old daughter Sophie arrives home after a night out, drunk and accompanied by police officers, no one is smiling the morning after. But Sophie remembers nothing about how she got into such a state.

Twelve hours later, Sophie's friend Amy has still not returned home. Then the body of a young woman is found.

Karen is sure that Sophie knows more than she is letting on. But Karen has her own demons to fight. She struggles to go beyond her own door without a panic attack.

As she becomes convinced that Sophie is not only involved but also in danger, Karen must confront her own anxieties to stop whoever killed one young girl moving on to another - Sophie.

A taut psychological thriller, perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train and I Let You Go.

Saving Sophie

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Jan Karon

The New Mitford Novel

After five hectic years of retirement from Lord's Chapel, Father Tim Kavanagh returns with his wife from a so-called pleasure trip to the land of his Irish ancestors. While glad to be at home in Mitford, something is definitely missing: a pulpit. But when he's offered one, he doesn't want it. Maybe he's lost his passion. Meanwhile, the other townsfolk face their own troubles. Millions of fans will applaud the chance to spend time in the often comic and utterly human presence of Jan Karon's characters. Indeed, they have never been more sympathetic, bighearted and engaging.

Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good

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Tara Westover

A Memoir

"An unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University"--Amazon.com.

Educated

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Chad Harbach

A Novel

At Westish College, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big league until a routine throw goes disastrously off course. In the aftermath of his error, the fates of five people are upended. Henry's fight against self-doubt threatens to ruin his future. College president Guert Affenlight has fallen unexpectedly and helplessly in love. Owen Dunne becomes caught up in a dangerous affair. Mike Schwartz realizes he has guided Henry's career at the expense of his own. And Pella Affenlight returns to Westish after escaping an ill-fated marriage, determined to start a new life. As the season counts down to its climactic final game, these five are forced to confront their deepest hopes, anxieties, and secrets. Written with boundless intelligence and filled with the tenderness of youth, "The Art of Fielding is mere baseball fiction the way Moby Dick is just a fish story" (Nicholas Dawidoff). It is an expansive, warmhearted novel about ambition and its limits, about family and friendship and love, and about commitment--to oneself and to others.

The Art of Fielding

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Jodi Picoult

Unable to express himself socially but possessing a savant-like knack for investigating crimes, a teenage boy with Asperger's Syndrome is wrongly accused of killing his tutor when the police mistake his autistic tics for guilty behavior. By the author of My Sister's Keeper. Reprint. A best-selling book.

House Rules

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Meredith Russo

Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school in Lambertville, Tennessee. Like anyone else, she wants to make friends and fit in. But Amanda has a secret. She's determined not to get too close to anyone.But when she meets sweet, easygoing Grant, she can't help but let him in. As they spend more time together, she realizes just how much she is losing by guarding her heart. She finds herself yearning to share with Grant everything about herself-including her past. But Amanda's terrified that once she tells the truth, no one will be able to see past it. Because the secret that Amanda's been keeping? At her old school, she used to be Andrew. Will the truth cost Amanda her new life, and her new love?

If I Was Your Girl

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Melinda Gates

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

How Empowering Women Changes the World

A timely call to action for women's empowerment by the influential co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation identifies the link between women's equality and societal health, sharing uplifting insights by international advocates in the fight against gender bias. --Publisher

The Moment of Lift

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Simple Truths

Linda Ellis

Mac Anderson

Making A Difference With Your Life

The Dash

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Eve Dreyfus

Simple Advice for Raising a Gentle and Loving Child

A spirited little book for parents and children, GRACEFUL PARENTING is a simple and wonderful guide to raising gentle and loving children. Twenty-five thoughtful and inspirational ideas encourage parents to provide the support and structure their kids need most by nurturing independence, teaching children to take responsibility for their actions, and discovering the power of simply listening. Illustrated by the enchanting, vivid drawings of the author'¬?s seven-year-old son, Noah, GRACEFUL PARENTING will help parents foster a lifelong, harmonious family atmosphere while providing a strong model of affectionate and respectful behavior for their children. It is a truly unique collaboration between mother and son, and a tender example of what families can accomplish when they work together as partners and friends. ‚Ä¢ An empowering and illuminating gift for new parents, teachers, school administrators, counselors, grandparents, or anyone who spends time with kids.‚Ä¢ Noah'¬?s full-color illustrations accompany each lesson.

Graceful Parenting

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