Katherine Rundell

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Michigan

_______________A pocket-sized, unmissable essay on the importance of children's literature by the bestselling and award-winning author, Katherine Rundell._______________'It's a very short book but it packs a real punch... A real delight' - Financial Times'Rundell is the real deal, a writer of boundless gifts and extraordinary imaginative power whose novels will be read, cherished and reread long after most so-called "serious" novels are forgotten' - Observer'Rundell's pen is gold-tipped' - Sunday Times_______________Katherine Rundell - Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and prize-winning author of five novels for children - explores how children's books ignite, and can re-ignite, the imagination; how children's fiction, with its unabashed emotion and playfulness, can awaken old hungers and create new perspectives on the world. This delightful and persuasive essay is for adult readers.

Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

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Louis MacNeice

Thomas Moore

Ezra Pound

Sitwell

Stephen Spender

Gertrude Stein

Stevens

Kenneth W. Thomas

Wilbur

Jane Williams

Joan Aiken

W. Yeats

W. H. Auden

E. E. Cummings

Eherhart

T. S. Eliot

Empson

Robert Frost

Graves

What a treasure! Hear authors reading their own prose! Enjoy the nostalgia of popping in a cassette tape, going full out on the rewind to replay a piece, and know your place is always saved when you pause. Enjoy!

Excellent condition. Only minor wear to the box. See pictures for overall condition.

Includes box and 2 cassette tapes in their cases.

The Caedmon Treasury of Modern Poets Reading Their Own Poetry

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Jeffrey Archer

Excellent. Clean pages. No writing. Minor shelfwear to dustjacket. Small top corner bend. See pictures for overall condition.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Why was an elegant lady brutally murdered the night before 9/11? Why was a successful New York banker not surprised to receive a woman's left ear in the morning mail? Why did a top Manhattan lawyer work only for one client, but never charge a fee? Why did a young woman with a bright career steal a priceless Van Gogh painting? Why was an Olympic gymnast paid a million dollars an assignment when she didn't have a bank account? Why was an honors graduate working as a temporary secretary after inheriting a fortune? Why was an English Countess ready to kill the banker, the lawyer and the gymnast even if it meant spending the rest of her life in jail? Why was a Japanese steel magnate happy to hand over $50,000,000 to a woman he had only met once? Why was a senior FBI agent trying to work out the connection between these eight apparently innocent individuals? All these questions are answered in Jeffrey Archer's latest novel, False Impression, but not before a breathtaking journey of twists and turns that will take readers from New York to London to Bucharest and on to Tokyo, and finally a sleepy English village, where the mystery of Van Gogh's last painting will finally be resolved. And only then will readers discover that Van Gogh's Self-portrait with Bandaged Ear has a secret of its own that acts as the final twist in this unforgettable yarn.

False Impression

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Angie Kim

This book is in excellent condition. Clean pages. Minor wear and bends to dustjacket. Bottom edge of spine area slightky bent. Name lightly on pencil on inside back page by cover. See pictures for overall condition.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Novel

WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL

The "gripping... page-turner" (Time) hitting all the best of summer reading lists, Miracle Creek is perfect for book clubs and fans of Liane Moriarty and Celeste Ng

How far will you go to protect your family? Will you keep their secrets? Ignore their lies?

In a small town in Virginia, a group of people know each other because they're part of a special treatment center, a hyperbaric chamber that may cure a range of conditions from infertility to autism. But then the chamber explodes, two people die, and it's clear the explosion wasn't an accident.

A powerful showdown unfolds as the story moves across characters who are all maybe keeping secrets, hiding betrayals. Chapter by chapter, we shift alliances and gather evidence: Was it the careless mother of a patient? Was it the owners, hoping to cash in on a big insurance payment and send their daughter to college? Could it have been a protester, trying to prove the treatment isn't safe?

"A stunning debut about parents, children and the unwavering hope of a better life, even when all hope seems lost" (Washington Post), Miracle Creek uncovers the worst prejudice and best intentions, tense rivalries and the challenges of parenting a child with special needs. It's "a quick-paced murder mystery that plumbs the power and perils of community" (O Magazine) as it carefully pieces together the tense atmosphere of a courtroom drama and the complexities of life as an immigrant family. Drawing on the author's own experiences as a Korean-American, former trial lawyer, and mother of a "miracle submarine" patient, this is a novel steeped in suspense and igniting discussion.

Recommended by Erin Morgenstern, Jean Kwok, Jennifer Weiner, Scott Turow, Laura Lippman, and more--Miracle Creek is a brave, moving debut from an unforgettable new voice.

Miracle Creek

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Eve Chase

Like new. Clean pages. No writing. Unread. 

Planning her wedding at her family's haunting, timeless London country estate, Lorna recalls half-buried memories of her mother before uncovering the manor's labyrinthine history and becoming obsessed with a need for answers.

Black Rabbit Hall

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Michael Chabon

Great condition. Clean pages, no writing. Minor shelf wear to dustjacket and book edges only. See pictures for overall condition.

This copy has been signed by the author.

For sixty years, Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven created in the wake of revelations of the Holocaust and the shocking 1948 collapse of the fledgling state of Israel. Proud, grateful, and longing to be American, the Jews of the Sitka District have created their own little world in the Alaskan panhandle, a vibrant, gritty, soulful, and complex frontier city that moves to the music of Yiddish. For sixty years they have been left alone, neglected and half-forgotten in a backwater of history. Now the District is set to revert to Alaskan control, and their dream is coming to an end: once again the tides of history threaten to sweep them up and carry them off into the unknown. But homicide detective Meyer Landsman of the District Police has enough problems without worrying about the upcoming Reversion. His life is a shambles, his marriage a wreck, his career a disaster. He and his half-Tlingit partner, Berko Shemets, can't catch a break in any of their outstanding cases. Landsman's new supervisor is the love of his life—and also his worst nightmare. And in the cheap hotel where he has washed up, someone has just committed a murder—right under Landsman's nose. Out of habit, obligation, and a mysterious sense that it somehow offers him a shot at redeeming himself, Landsman begins to investigate the killing of his neighbor, a former chess prodigy. But when word comes down from on high that the case is to be dropped immediately, Landsman soon finds himself contending with all the powerful forces of faith, obsession, hopefulness, evil, and salvation that are his heritage—and with the unfinished business of his marriage to Bina Gelbfish, the one person who understands his darkest fears. At once a gripping whodunit, a love story, an homage to 1940s noir, and an exploration of the mysteries of exile and redemption, The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a novel only Michael Chabon could have written.

The Yiddish Policemen's Union - Signed copy

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Dena Luchsinger

Literature program for middle and high school students.

New. No writing. Clean pages. I bought this but never had a chance to use it. See pictures for condition.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

English

An Individualized Literature Program for Homeschooling Middle and High School Students

A literature program for homeschooled students.

The Reader's Oddyssey

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Reagan Rose

Sweet little booklet, students guide to gaming with reflection and guidance from the scriptures.

New. Clean pages. See pictures for condition.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A Student's Guide to Gaming

Gaming is multi-billion-dollar industry, which has been growing massively in the last few years. It seems that everyone is gaming in one way or another. You might not think that the Bible has anything to say about gaming, but Reagan Rose has written this helpful book on what our relationship with gaming should look like. Track is a series of books designed to disciple the next generation in the areas of culture, doctrine, & the Christian life. While the topics addressed aren't always simple, they are communicated in a manner that is.

Track: Gaming

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Peter Hollins

Excellent. Looks unread. Laminated cover. Clean pages, no writing outside of school stamp and number on inside cover. See pictures for overall condition.

"Learn like Einstein will show you how to train your brain to get more done in less time and get on with the rest of your life!"--The back cover.

Learn Like Einstein: Memorize More, Read Faster, Focus Better, and Master Anything with Ease

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Marie Benedict

Excellent. Clean pages, no writing. Looks unread. Just very minor shelf wear on the cover. Looks new, otherwise. See pictures for overall condition.

One of PopSugar's "25 Books You're Going to Curl Up with this Fall." "The Other Einsteintakes you into Mileva's heart, mind, and study as she tries to forge a place for herself in a scientific world dominated by men."-Bustle In the tradition of The Paris Wife and Mrs. Poe, The Other Einstein offers us a window into a brilliant, fascinating woman whose light was lost in Einstein's enormous shadow. It is the story of Einstein's wife, a brilliant physicist in her own right, whose contribution to the special theory of relativity is hotly debated and may have been inspired by her own profound and very personal insight. Mitza Maric has always been a little different from other girls. Most twenty-year-olds are wives by now, not studying physics at an elite Zurich university with only male students trying to outdo her clever calculations. But Mitza is smart enough to know that, for her, math is an easier path than marriage. And then fellow student Albert Einstein takes an interest in her, and the world turns sideways. Theirs becomes a partnership of the mind and of the heart, but there might not be room for more than one genius in a marriage.

Other Einstein

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William P. Young

Great condition with some cover wear. Clean pages, no writing. See pictures for overall condition.

After his daughter's murder, a grieving father confronts God with desperate questions -- and finds unexpected answers -- in this riveting and deeply moving #1 NYT bestseller. When Mackenzie Allen Phillips's youngest daughter Missy is abducted during a family vacation, he remains hopeful that she'll return home. But then, he discovers evidence that she may have been brutally murdered in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later, in this midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note that's supposedly from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment, he arrives on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change his life forever.

The Shack

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Gary Chapman

As new. Unread. Clean pages. See pictures for overall condition.

The Secret to Love That Lasts

Are you and your spouse speaking the same language? While love is a many splendored thing, it is sometimes a very confusing thing, too. And as people come in all varieties, shapes, and sizes, so do their choices of personal expressions of love. But more often than not, the giver and the receiver express love in two different ways. This can lead to misunderstanding, quarrels, and even divorce. 

Quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, and physical touch are the five basic love languages. Dr. Gary Chapman identifies these and guides couples towards a better understanding of their unique languages of love. Learn to speak and understand your mate's love language, and in no time you will be able to effectively love and truly feel loved in return. Skillful communication is within your grasp!


The Five Love Languages

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A. Parody

Like new. Clean pages. No writing. One small scuff on dustjacket. See pictures for overall condition.

Crap English and How to Use It

Eats, Shites and Leaves

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Geary Gravel

Older book in great condition. Clean pages. Tight binding/spine with no spine creases. Yellowing at page edges. See pictures for overall condition.

Might and Magic

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Tara K. Harper

See pictures for overall condition. Pages have yellowed at edges. Clean with no writing. Spine creases, yet binding is tight. Cover wear.

Through her telepathic bond with wolves, Dion the Wolfwalker alone held the secret healing power of the ancients. But now dark forces were destroying all she held dear, and her only hope of saving herself -- and the wolves -- lay with the mysterious and deadly beings of the sky....

Shadow Leader

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Lottie L. Riekehof

Excellent, like new. Clean pages. No writing. Tight spine and binding. Looks unread. Minor scuffs on cover from shelfwear. See pictures for overall condition.

My degree is in Sign Language Interpreting/ASL Concentration. This title is what gave me my start. I have my own personal copy that I will keep forever, and pass on to my children.

The Joy of Signing

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Peggy Rowe

Mike Rowe

Clean pages. Unread. Minor bends at edges of spine on dustjacket. See pictures for overall condition.

Ruminations and Revelations from a Desperate Mother to Her Dirty Son

Peggy Rowe is at it again—this time giving a hilarious inside look at growing up Rowe, both before and after Mike’s rise to fame. Since the day they said, “I do,” Peggy’s previous “doting” lifestyle met with her husband John’s minimalist ways and became the backdrop for years of adventure and a quirky sense of humor because of their differences. From thoughts of wearing headlamps in the house to save energy, to squeezing out the last drop of toothpaste with a workbench vise, Peggy learned to pick her battles and celebrate the hilarity in each situation. Once their boys were born, woodstove mishaps and garbage dumping tales were the seed for Mike’s obsession with doing dirty jobs and the comical presence he is known for today. As Mike rose to fame, Peggy was his biggest fan—who gave motherly advice and constructive criticism, of course. She baked cookies for Mike to take to Joan Rivers for a Christmas party hostess gift, and even wrote fan letters under faux names and mailed them from different cities to Mike’s producer. By the time Mike hits it big, Peggy and John retire to face more adventures, with a lightning strike in their condo, an elderly friend who ate marijuana leaves, and entering into celebrity status by making Viva paper towel and Lee jeans commercials, plus so much more. Peggy’s stories relive the details that intrigue and entertain old and new fans alike. So if you want a bigger, even funnier take on the Rowe family, About Your Father and Other Celebrities I Have Known delivers.

About Your Father and Other Celebrities I Have Known

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Maia Chance

Excellent, like new. Clean pages. No writing. See pictures for overall condition.

Miss Ophelia Flax is a Victorian actress who knows all about making quick changes and even quicker exits. But to solve a fairy-tale crime in the haunted Black Forest, she'll need more than a bit of charm . . .


Miss Ophelia Flax is a Victorian actress who knows all about making quick changes and even quicker exits. But to solve a fairy-tale crime in the haunted Black Forest, she'll need more than a bit of charm . . .

1867- After being fired from her latest variety hall engagement, Ophelia acts her way into a lady's maid position for a crass American millionaire. But when her new job whisks her off to a foreboding castle straight out of a Grimm tale, she begins to wonder if her fast-talking ways might have been too hasty. The vast grounds contain the suspected remains of Snow White's cottage, along with a disturbing dwarf skeleton. And when her millionaire boss turns up dead-poisoned by an apple-the fantastic setting turns into a once upon a crime scene.

To keep from rising to the top of the suspect list, Ophelia fights through a bramble of elegant lies, sinister folklore, and priceless treasure, with only a dashing but mysterious scholar as her ally. And as the clock ticks towards midnight, she'll have to break a cunning killer's spell before her own time runs out...
Praise forSnow White Red-Handed 'Offering a clever twist on the tales of the Brothers Grimm, this debut historical cozy (and series launch) introduces an attractive, spunky heroine . . . and an entertaining, well-constructed plot that will satisfy fans of folklore and fairy tales.'Library Journal(starred review)

'Deliciously Gothic, intriguingly different, this story plunges us into the world of Brothers Grimm fairy tales, where the greed and evil are all too real, and everyone has something to hide.' Rhys Bowen,New York Timesbestselling author

' Chance's lively debut, the first in a new cozy series . . . will whet the reader's appetite for Ophelia and Prue's next misadventure.'Publishers Weekly


Snow White Red-Handed

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Margaret Coel

Excellent. Clean pages. No writing. Corner crease on back cover. See pictures for overall condition.

The Lost Bird

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Lauren Groff

Excellent, like new. Clean pages. Tight binding. No writing. Only minor wear to  dustjacket cover on side edges as shown. See pictures for overall condition.

In a lush, haunting story of the American dream, Bit, born in a back-to-nature commune in 1970s New York State, must come to grips with the outside world when the commune eventually fails. By the best-selling author of The Monsters of Templeton.

Arcadia

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Manning Stokes

Jules Verne    1947

Like new. Clean pages. Fun, graphic novel of an awesome classic! See pictures for overall condition.

Classics Illustrated 34

The Mysterious Island

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John Cech

Excellent. Clean pages. Minor wear to dustjacket, including a tear at corner edge. Marker spot on top edge, but doesn't affect pages. See pictures for overall condition.

A grandmother tells the story of her eventful life in early twentieth-century Europe and her arrival in the United States after World War II.

My Grandmother's Journey

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Daniel T. Powers

When he sets off to get medicine for his sick grandmother, a poor country boy in long-ago Japan begins an adventure that teaches him the value of duty, trust, and generosity.

Jiro's Pearl

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Excellent condition. Clean pages. Some cover wear. Writing marks, pen inside front and pencil at back cover, and one small page tear on blank page inside cover.  See pictures for overall condition.

A true story from the Northeast Animal Shelter.

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