Colson Whitehead

Just a little wear on the corners and the cover.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

North Carolina

A Novel

#1 New York Times Bestseller - Winner of the Pulitzer Prize - Winner of the National Book Award - Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction - Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize One of the Best books of the Year: The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, The Boston Globe, The Seattle Times, HuffPost, Esquire, Minneapolis Star Tribune Look for Whitehead's acclaimed new novel, The Nickel Boys, available now Cora is a young slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. An outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is on the cusp of womanhood--where greater pain awaits. And so when Caesar, a slave who has recently arrived from Virginia, urges her to join him on the Underground Railroad, she seizes the opportunity and escapes with him. In Colson Whitehead's ingenious conception, the Underground Railroad is no mere metaphor: engineers and conductors operate a secret network of actual tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil. Cora embarks on a harrowing flight from one state to the next, encountering, like Gulliver, strange yet familiar iterations of her own world at each stop. As Whitehead brilliantly re-creates the terrors of the antebellum era, he weaves in the saga of our nation, from the brutal abduction of Africans to the unfulfilled promises of the present day. The Underground Railroad is both the gripping tale of one woman's will to escape the horrors of bondage--and a powerful meditation on the history we all share.

The Underground Railroad

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Andrea D. Pinkney

The powerful story of one girl's triumphant journey, inspired by true tales of life in Sudan -- now in paperback. Life in Amira's peaceful Sudanese village is shattered when Janjaweed attackers arrive, unleashing unspeakable horrors. After losing nearly everything, Amira needs to find the strength to make the long journey on foot to safety at a refugee camp. She begins to lose hope, until the gift of a simple red pencil opens her mind -- and all kinds of possibilities.

The Red Pencil

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Sungju Lee

Susan Elizabeth McClelland

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea

Every Falling Star

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Triumph Books

Seeing Red

Includes: Concert details; romance update; film news; 100+ photographs

Taylor Swift

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Lyndon’s Bridge and the Three Keys

Melissa Albert

A little sticker residue on the front of dust jacket.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Secrets. Lies. Super-bad choices. Witchcraft. This is Our Crooked Hearts, a darkly gripping contemporary fantasy from Melissa Albert, the New York Times bestselling author of The Hazel Wood The suburbs, right now . . . Seventeen-year-old Ivy’s summer break kicks off with an accident, a punishment, and a mystery: a stranger whose appearance in the middle of the road, in the middle of the night, heralds a string of increasingly unsettling events. As the days pass, Ivy grapples with eerie offerings, corroded memories, and a secret she’s always known—that there's more to her mother than meets the eye. The city, back then . . . Dana has always been perceptive. And the summer she turns sixteen, with the help of her best friend and an ambitious older girl, her gifts bloom into a heady fling with the supernatural. As the trio’s aspirations darken, they find themselves speeding toward a violent breaking point. Years after it began, Ivy and Dana's shared story will come down to a reckoning among a daughter, a mother, and the dark forces they never should’ve messed with.

Our Crooked Hearts

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My Hero Academia: School Briefs  Vol. 1

James Rallison

An instant New York Times bestseller! The sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Odd 1s Out, with all new and never-before-seen content featuring opinions, stories, and signature characters from YouTube phenomenon James Rallison James Rallison has always felt like he was on the outside looking in. His YouTube videos are all about his "odd" behavior, and with over 13 million subscribers and millions more followers on social media, these animations have found their way into the hearts of fans who also feel like a bit of an odd one. In this second installment in the Odd 1s Out series, James is back with characters, stories, and opinions, including: • The upside of the robot uprising • Questionable pizza toppings • Strange yet completely reasonable fears • Inventions that don't exist, but should Offering advice on accepting your quirks and growing up in the Internet age, The Odd 1s Out: The First Sequel is sure to be a must-have for old and new fans alike.

The Odd 1s Out: the First Sequel

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Todd Rose

This hardback book has some wear on the dust jacket. It also has a name  written with ink on the inside and a sticker on the back with the same name.

How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness

The rising star and face of the new field “science of the individual” draws from the latest psychological and sociological research to show that success is found in individual strengths and weaknesses that don't fit along any average curve—a powerful manifesto for change in the ranks of Emotional Intelligence and The Power of Habit. Modern science has proven that people behave and learn in distinctive ways. And yet these individual patterns get lost in our institutions of opportunity—from education to the workforce—which remain rooted in the misguided belief that statistical averages are good enough to understand individuals and identify their unique talents. Standardized tests, grading systems, job applicant profiling, performance reviews—they invariably ignore our differences and ultimately fail at measuring our capacity for success. In this first popular book on the science of the individual, Todd Rose, a pioneer in the field draws on the latest research to show how, when we focus on individual findings rather than group findings or averages, we can rethink the world and everyone’s potential in it. By understanding the three “principles of individuality”—the principle of the jagged profile, the principle of context, and the principle of pathways—we can avoid setting up ourselves and those we are tasked with helping succeed (our children, students, employees) for repeated failure and instead find the right path for success. The End of Average reminds us that we are not anything close to average—because the average is a statistical myth—and presents a new way of understanding and maximizing everyone’s potential.

The End of Average

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Paulo Coelho

The cover of the book is worn. I have included pictures.

A Novel of Obsession

When his war correspondent wife goes missing with a friend who may be a lover, a celebrity novelist comes under suspicion, until the friend reappears and invites him to undertake a spiritual journey to Kazakhstan. By the author of Eleven Minutes. 100,000 first printing.

The Zahir

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M. Katherine Clark

Some of the corners of this book are bent, but the book is actually new and never been read.

Star Crossed

The Alpha Couple is a thing of myth and legend... Alasdair MacConchor is journeying back to his Highland home after years fighting Shapeshifting Druids in Erin. Hating the demons who killed his father, Alasdair and his brothers move quickly through Druid lands, but an unexpected runaway makes them reconsider their dislike of Druids. Deena ran from her father's grove after he demanded she marry a man who always scared her. Lucien, the Dark Druid of the grove, helped her escape before anyone realized they did not marry in truth. Racing through the wind, rain and thistle patches of Scotland, she meets three Highlanders and their pet wolf. With her father close behind them, Deena and Alasdair must decide, do they defy the gods will or will they forever be star crossed?

The Wolf's Bane Saga

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Karen White

The Night the Lights Went Out

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Dee Henderson

An Evie Blackwell Cold Case

Dee Henderson Pens Another Compelling Cold Case Mystery Evie Blackwell's reputation as a top investigator for the Illinois State Police has landed her an appointment to the governor's new Missing Persons Task Force. This elite investigative team is launched with plenty of public fanfare. The governor has made this initiative a high priority, so they will have to produce results--and quickly. Evie and her new partner, David Marshal, are assigned to a pair of unrelated cases in suburban Chicago, and while both involve persons now missing for several years, the cases couldn't be more different. While Evie opens old wounds in a close-knit neighborhood to find a missing college student, David searches for a private investigator working for a high-powered client. With a deep conviction that "justice for all" truly matters, Evie and David are unrelenting in their search for the truth. But Evie must also find answers to the questions that lie just beneath the surface in her personal life.

Threads of Suspicion

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Candi Jensen

This book also includes a DVD with segments from the show Knit and Crochet Now! The cover is a little dirty.

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Crochet Patterns from Season 3 of Knit and Crochet Now

Get crocheting now with patterns from the first three seasons of Knit and Crochet Now! Producer Candi Jensen brings you 29 fabulous projects bound to send you running for your crochet hook and yarn. Learn to crochet everything from scarves, to bags, to sweaters and toys. Show off your newly acquired skills by crocheting a beautiful sampler afghan square-by-square as you watch segments from the show highlighting those new stitches. Inside the book you'll find: 29 crochet project patterns from crochet experts including Candi Jensen, Mary Jane Hall and Drew Emborsky. A DVD with Baby Afghan Square of the Week segments from Knit and Crotchet Now! A crochet basics section with the information you need to start crocheting or simply freshen up your skills. An episode guide to help you find the patterns from your favorite episodes. Extra patterns never featured on the show but curated by Candi Jensen herself. So pull up a chair, grab your yarn and needles, and check your local PBS listings so you can crochet now!

Crochet Now!

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This book has not been read, but does have some indentations on the cover and a bent corner on lower right of the front of nook. See pictures.

Timeless Secrets for Millennial Parents

Pillars of Parenting

Jessica Argyle

All Elle wants is a little land to call her own. And she has earned it, finding a measure of peace on a lonely isle near the bottom of the Florida Keys. But others have their own designs, especially Billy, her deadbeat, absent husband who could show up any time to claim her or maliciously destroy what he cannot have.In 1935, as Labor Day approaches, a storm is brewing that will alter Elle's life and the landscape of the Florida Keys forever. How far will Elle go to protect the little that she has? And if she does the unimaginable, can she keep her freedom?In the great depression of the 1930's, No Name Key is still unconnected to the mainland; wild weather, desperate characters and treacherous swamp, a woman has got to use all her strength just to survive.

No Name Key

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Pratima Rao Gluckman

True Stories of Women Leaders in Tech

It is no secret that the technical world is a male-dominated space. From the cultural belief that Computer Science is a “subject for boys”, to the assumptions and discrimination women experience in the field, it can be challenging for women at every stage to thrive in tech careers. Nevertheless, some high-performing women persist and succeed as leaders in tech despite the gender biases pitted against them. Pratima Rao Gluckman—a female leader in tech herself—embarked on a project to collect stories of the leadership journeys of such women. She wanted to know the details of these women’s stories, and how they accomplished their achievements. What influenced them during their childhoods? Who were their mentors? What successes and failures did they experience? What magical ingredients helped them thrive in a male‐dominated industry? These questions and more inspired Gluckman to interview nineteen women leaders in several levels of technology industry, including VPs, CEOs and directors, all of which are collected in this groundbreaking book, Nevertheless, She Persisted. Whether you are a young woman thinking of a career in software, a middle-career or executive woman, a parent, or a man curious about the role gender plays in tech, this book reveals the secrets, successes, and hidden struggles that women have endured to become both highly accomplished in their technical skills and effective senior leaders in their organizations. Their stories are illuminating, intended to inspire generations of women and help free our society from the limiting belief that ability is somehow linked to gender.

Nevertheless, She Persisted

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Anna Claybourne

Steve Wood

Usborne

Toasters, toilets and televisions, computers, cars and chocolate bars, flying machines and even your jeans. All these everyday things and many more are only here because someone bothered to invent them. This book reveals the real-life stories and bright sparks behind dozens of brilliant inventions.

The Story of Inventions

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Kate Knighton

Nancy Leschnikoff

This book is all about food - what's good for you, what's bad for you and why.

Why Shouldn't I Eat Junk Food?

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Alex Firth

Usborne 

A guide to puberty for boys discusses the changes that occur, covering such topics as height, skin, facial hair, the reproductive system, eating, exercise, hormones, sex, relationships, and what happens to girls during puberty.

What's Happening to Me?

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Paul Dowswell

This is a flex book, not a paperback or hardback. It is bound like a hardback and has a semi-hard cover.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Usborne True Stories from the First and Second World Wars

The 20th Century was ravaged by two of the most devastating conflicts in history: the First and Second World Wars. The slaughter and destruction was on such a massive scale it still haunts us today. From zeppelin raids, trench warfare, spies and secret plots, to epic encounters between colossal warships and duels between lone snipers facing almost certain death, this book contains a collection of dramatic and unforgettable tales from both of these terrible wars.

War Stories

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Chris Abani

"A richly detailed, poignant, and utterly fascinating look into another culture and how it is cross-pollinated by our own. It brings to mind the work of Ha Jin in its power and revelation of the new."--T. Coraghessan Boyle The sprawling, swampy, cacophonous city of Lagos, Nigeria, provides the backdrop to the story of Elvis, a teenage Elvis impersonator hoping to make his way out of the ghetto. Nuanced, lyrical, and pitch perfect, this is a remarkable story of a son and his father, and an examination of postcolonial Nigeria, where the trappings of American culture reign supreme.

Graceland

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Alyssa Palombo

'Under Palombo’s skillful hand, the entangled world of the Borgias comes vividly to life, exposing the dark facets of class structure and the all-consuming greed that comes with ambition--and love." - Heather Webb, internationally bestselling author of Last Christmas in Paris and Meet Me in Monaco During the sweltering Roman summer of 1492, Rodrigo Borgia has risen to power as pope. Rodrigo’s eldest son Cesare, forced to follow his father into the church and newly made the Archbishop of Valencia, chafes at his ecclesiastical role and fumes with jealousy and resentment at the way that his foolish brother has been chosen for the military greatness he desired. Maddalena Moretti comes from the countryside, where she has seen how the whims of powerful men wreak havoc on the lives of ordinary people. But now, employed as a servant in the Vatican Palace, she cannot help but be entranced by Cesare Borgia’s handsome face and manner and finds her faith and conviction crumbling in her want of him. As war rages and shifting alliances challenge the pope’s authority, Maddalena and Cesare's lives grow inexplicably entwined. Maddalena becomes a keeper of dangerous Borgia secrets, and must decide if she is willing to be a pawn in the power games of the man she loves. And as jealousy and betrayal threaten to tear apart the Borgia family from within, Cesare is forced to reckon with his seemingly limitless ambition. Alyssa Palombo's captivating new novel, The Borgia Confessions, is a story of passion, politics, and class, set against the rise and fall of one of Italy's most infamous families--the Borgias.

The Borgia Confessions

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Jordan Stratford

Some water damage on the upper right corner that makes some wavy pages - see picture.

The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency

A first installment in a series set in an early 19th-century alternate-universe finds brusque 11-year-old genius Ada and romantic 14-year-old Mary forming a detective agency and investigating a stolen heirloom using their math, science and analytic talents. Simultaneous eBook.

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