Marcia Ann Gillespie

Richard A. Long

Oprah Winfrey

Rosa Johnson Butler

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

California

A Glorious Celebration

Maya Angelou's memoirs and books of essays and poetry have sold millions of copies. Now, MAYA ANGELOU: A GLORIOUS CELEBRATION offers an unusual and irresistible look at her life and her myriad interests and accomplishments. Created by the people who know her best--her longtime friends Marcia Ann Gillespie and Richard A. Long, and her niece Rosa Johnson Butler--it is part tribute, part scrapbook, capturing Angelou at home, at work, and in the public eye. In photographs, text, and ephemera, MAYA ANGELOU chronicles the writer's childhood in Stamps, Arkansas; her brief-but-illustrious career on the New York stage; her appointment as the Northern Coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Council; and more. There are behind-the-scenes glimpses of Angelou as a down-home regal diva who revels in cooking for a crowd that often includes celebrities like Toni Morrison, Oprah Winfrey, or Quincy Jones along with relatives and old friends--and as the highly disciplined writer who begins her legendary writing process in a local hotel room at 5: 30 a.m. armed with yellow pad, Bible, bottle of sherry, a dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus and a deck of cards for solitaire. Readers who have come to know and love Maya Angelou will be surprised and delighted by this personal, illustrated portrait of the renowned poet, author, playwright, and humanitarian.

Maya Angelou

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Mineko Iwasaki

Rande Brown

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Life

A Kyoto geisha describes her initiation into an okiya at the age of five, the intricate training that made up most of her education, her successful career, and the traditions surrounding the geisha culture.

Geisha

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Every Thing On It

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Jennifer Racioppi

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Unlock Your Healing Magic with Astrology, Positive Psychology, and Integrative Wellness

"A life-changing way to apply astrology to your health and well-being."--Colette Baron-Reid, author of The Map: Finding the Magic and Meaning in the Story of Your Life

 

There's much more to astrology than weekly horoscopes, personality types, and predictions for the future. For astrologer and transformational coach Jennifer Racioppi and her clients, it is a guide to living in sync with the natural rhythms of the universe to achieve optimal health and astonishing success. Cosmic Health provides a groundbreaking cross-disciplinary approach to cultivating physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being. By honoring your individuality, your role in the universe, nature, and the seasonality of life, you will be armed with the knowledge--and magic--you need to cultivate uncompromising health.

 

Inside this beautifully illustrated book, you'll learn to:
 * Open yourself up to the big-picture patterns that influence you--the daily, seasonal, and monthly cycles that govern your biology--and leverage those patterns for conscious action, growth, success, and a thriving life.
 * Decode the planets and their cycles to get a precise blueprint of your evolving emotional, physical, and spiritual health needs--like how to exercise for vitality, cultivate your purpose, tackle obstacles, and skillfully care for your emotional needs.
 * Support your specific astrological makeup and goals with healing rituals that serve as sacred medicine, enriching your spiritual connections.
 * Develop a rock-solid understanding of the connection between astrology, health, and evidence-based personal-development practices so you can nurture your resilience, elevate your well-being, and realize your heart's desires.
 * Learn to view health and life challenges as a threshold to self-actualization.
 * Put your intuition and self-knowledge at the heart of your quest for health.

Join the thousands of others who have used this body of work to transform their lives into fulfilling and multidimensional reflections of their Cosmic Health.

Cosmic Health

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Amanda Gorman

Poems

The breakout poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman Formerly titled The Hill We Climb and Other Poems, the luminous poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman captures a shipwrecked moment in time and transforms it into a lyric of hope and healing. In Call Us What We Carry, Gorman explores history, language, identity, and erasure through an imaginative and intimate collage. Harnessing the collective grief of a global pandemic, these poems shine a light on a moment of reckoning and reveal that Gorman has become our messenger from the past, our voice for the future.

Call Us What We Carry

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Mary Higgins Clark

A Novel

-Fleeing a disastrous and humiliating arrest of her husband-to-be on the eve of their wedding, Celia Kilbride, a gems and jewelry expert, hopes to escape from public attention by lecturing on a brand-new cruise ship--the Queen Charlotte. On board she meets eighty-six-year-old Lady Emily Haywood--Lady Em, as she is known throughout the world. Immensely wealthy, Lady Em is the owner of a priceless emerald necklace that she intends to leave to the Smithsonian after the cruise. Three days out to sea Lady Em is found dead--and the necklace is missing---

All by Myself, Alone

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Connor Franta

The New York Times bestselling author of A Work in Progress and Note to Self moves fully into adulthood with his illuminating, soulful, bleeding collection of narrative, poetry, and original film photography. Humanitarian, entrepreneur, and content creator Connor Franta first captivated readers with A Work In Progress, ruminating on his Midwestern roots to his early start as a visionary and online thought-leader. He continued his soul-searching-through-a-broken-heart with Note to Self, challenging readers—and himself—to ponder the spectrum of humanity and their place within it. Now as Franta approaches thirty, life is no less confusing, but he finds this journey endlessly fascinating. Writing about confusion and clarity, loneliness and whirlwind romances, despair and elation—and everything in between—Franta invites readers back into the intimacy of his mind. House Fires magnifies a young man’s emotional warfare with his past, the daze of wandering through modern times in search of purpose, and the electricity flying from tomorrow’s potential.

House Fires

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Pico Iyer

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Observations and Provocations

“Arguably the greatest living travel writer” (Outside magazine), Pico Iyer has called Japan home for more than three decades. But, as he is the first to admit, the country remains an enigma even to its long-term residents. In A Beginner’s Guide to Japan, Iyer draws on his years of experience—his travels, conversations, readings, and reflections—to craft a playful and profound book of surprising, brief, incisive glimpses into Japanese culture. He recounts his adventures and observations as he travels from a meditation hall to a love hotel, from West Point to Kyoto Station, and from dinner with Meryl Streep to an ill-fated call to the Apple service center in a series of provocations guaranteed to pique the interest and curiosity of those who don’t know Japan—and to remind those who do of its myriad fascinations.

A Beginner's Guide to Japan

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Amanda Seales

Potent Truths for Everday Use

This volume of essays, axioms, original illustrations, and photos provides comedian, writer, actress, and social media star Seales' trademark "self-help from the hip" style of commentary, fueled by ideology formed from her own victories, struggles, research, mistakes, risks, and pay-offs.

Small Doses

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Bruce D. Perry

Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain development and trauma expert, Dr. Bruce Perry, discuss the impact of trauma and adverse experiences and how healing must begin with a shift to asking, “what happened to you?” rather than “what’s wrong with you?” Through wide-ranging, and often deeply personal conversation, Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Perry explore how what happens to us in early childhood – both good and bad - influences the people we become. They challenge us to shift from focusing on, “What’s wrong with you?” or “Why are you behaving that way?,” to asking, “What happened to you?” This simple change in perspective can open up a new and hopeful understanding for millions about why we do the things we do, why we are the way we are, providing a road map for repairing relationships, overcoming what seems insurmountable, and ultimately living better and more fulfilling lives. Many of us experience adversity and trauma during childhood that has lasting impact on our physical and emotional health. And as we’re beginning to understand, we are more sensitive to developmental trauma as children than we are as adults. ‘What happened to us’ in childhood is a powerful predictor of our risk for physical and mental health problems down the road, and offers scientific insights in to the patterns of behaviors so many struggle to understand. A survivor of multiple childhood challenges herself, Oprah Winfrey shares portions of her own harrowing experiences because she understands the vulnerability that comes from facing trauma at a young age. Throughout her career, Oprah has teamed up with Dr. Bruce Perry, one of the world’s leading experts on childhood trauma. He has treated thousands of children, youth, and adults and has been called on for decades to support individuals and communities following high-profile traumatic events. Now, Oprah joins forces with Dr. Perry to marry the power of storytelling with the science and clinical experience to better understand and overcome the effects of trauma. In conversation throughout the book, the two focus on understanding people, behavior, and ourselves in the context of personal experiences. They remove blame and self-shaming, and open up a space for healing and understanding. It’s a subtle but profound shift in our approach to trauma, and it’s one that allows us to understand our pasts in order to clear a path to our future - opening the door to resilience and healing in a proven, powerful way. Grounded in the latest brain science and brought to life through compelling narratives, this book shines a light on a much-needed path to recovery – showing us our incredible capacity to transform after adversity.

What Happened to You?

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Sark

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A few water stains on the pages.

"I wanted to write a book to help all the creative dreamers make their creative dreams even more real.
... I have a lot to share about struggle and success, and the long flat places in between. My experiences as a recovering procrastinator and perfectionist give me a keen understanding of how they work to delay creative dreams (and why that's sometimes a good thing). I admit my splendid imperfections' because I know that my mistakes and stumblings can be of use to others."
—From the Introduction

A Plan for Procrastinators, Perfectionists, Busy People, and People Who Would Really Rather Sleep All Day

An innovative, motivational book that turns goals into glorious reality in just one year or sooner.

Make Your Creative Dreams Real

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Sakura Mamiya can see ghosts. This was never much of an issue for her until she became classmates with Rinne Rokudo, a boy who professes himself to be "sort of" a shinigami. In a world where even dying costs money, Rinne is trapped with a family debt of souls to save and can only rely on his own financial means to find ways to help them pass on. He is thus forced to turn to Sakura for support... in more ways than one.

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

RIN-NE, Vol. 1-4 (Set)

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

EXPLORE ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES IN THIS ALL-NEW FANTASY SERIES! In an age when the corners of the world have been scoured for their secrets, only one place remains unexplored-a massive cave system known as the Abyss, filled with monstrous creatures and lost relics. Those who delve into its depths are known as Cave Raiders. A young orphan named Riko dreams of following in her mother's footsteps as a Cave Raider, and when she meets a strange robot while exploring the Abyss, she is one perilous step closer to achieving her goal!

Made in Abyss Vol. 1

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Offers another collection of inspiring stories to help teenagers take control of their lives, acting as a teacher of the lessons of survival and success, and offering guidance, encouragement, support, and love. Simultaneous. 1,000,000 first printing.

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II: 101 More Stories of Life, Love and Learning

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Allison, Jodine, and Emma discover what it truly means to be roommates when their money-making scheme to school men in the ways of women goes awry, shattering any semblance of privacy and forcing them to look deep inside themselves--a discovery that will change all of their lives forever. Reprint.

Fishbowl

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The MacKade Brothers: Rafe and Jared by Nora Roberts released on Feb 23, 2004 is available now for purchase.

The Mackade Brothers - Rafe and Jared, The MacKade Brothers: (An Anthology)

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A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book When sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson dies from two gunshot wounds, his community is thrown into an uproar. Tariq was black. The shooter, Jack Franklin, is white. In the aftermath of Tariq's death, everyone has something to say, but no two accounts of the events line up. Day by day, new twists further obscure the truth. Tariq's friends, family, and community struggle to make sense of the tragedy, and to cope with the hole left behind when a life is cut short. In their own words, they grapple for a way to say with certainty: This is how it went down. How It Went Down is a timely story by acclaimed author Kekla Magoon who won the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for The Rock and the River, and whose book X :A Novel (written with Ilyasah Shabazz) was longlisted for the National Book Award. This title has Common Core connections.

How It Went Down

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

An ALA Notable Children's Book HONEY, I LOVE and other love poems Ages 7 to 11 Love don't mean all that kissing Like on television Love Means Daddy Saying keep your mama company till I get back And me doing it Sixteen poems tell of love and the simple joys of everyday life, seen through the eyes of a child: playing with a friend, skipping rope, riding on a train--or keeping Mama company till Daddy gets back. Each of these sixteen "love poems" is spoken straight from the heart of a child. Riding on a train, listening to music, playing with a friend...each poem elicits a new appreciation of the rich content of everyday life. And each poem is accompanied by a beautiful drawing, both portrait and panorama, that deepens the insights contained in the singing words. For the first time Eloise Greenfield and Diane and Leo Dillon have combined teir rich talents to bring children a book that shows them the joys that come from seeing with a poet's eyes--the eyes of love. Notable Children's Books of 1978 (ALA) A Reading Rainbow Selection Winner, 1990 Recognition of Merit Award (George C. Stone Center for Children's Books, Claremont, CA)

Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems

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The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates

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Winner of the PEN Ackerley Prize • Longlisted for the 2019 PEN Open Book Award “Devastating and lyrical.” —The New York Times “Suspenseful and affecting.” —The New Yorker From the celebrated poet behind bone, a collection of poems that tells a story of coming-of-age, uncovering the cruelty and beauty of the world, going under, and finding redemption Through her signature sharp, searing poems, this is the story of Yrsa Daley-Ward and all the things that happened. “Even the terrible things. And God, there were terrible things.” It’s about her childhood in the northwest of England with her beautiful, careworn mother Marcia; the man formerly known as Dad (half fun, half frightening); and her little brother Roo, who sees things written in the stars. It’s also about the surreal magic of adolescence, about growing up and discovering the power and fear of sexuality, about pitch-gray days of pills and powder and connection. It’s about damage and pain, but also joy. With raw intensity and shocking honesty, The Terrible is a collection of poems that tells the story of what it means to lose yourself and find your voice. “You may not run away from the thing that you are because it comes and comes and comes as sure as you breathe.”

The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir

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In his perfectly crafted haiku poems, Basho described the natural world with great simplicity and delicacy of feeling. When he composed The Narrow Road to the Deep North he was a serious student of Zen Buddhism setting off on a series of travels designed to strip away the trappings of the material world and bring spiritual enlightenment. He wrote of the seasons changing, of the smell of the rain, the brightness of the moon and the beauty of the waterfall, through which he sensed the mysteries of the universe. These travel writings not only chronicle Basho's perilous journeys through Japan, but they also capture his vision of eternity in the transient world around him

The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches

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Following in the footsteps of such category killers as Milk and Honey and Whiskey Words & a Shovel I, the author's poetry book is a collection of her thoughts as a young, queer, Muslim femme navigating the difficulties of her intersectionality.

How to Cure a Ghost

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Awake in the River: Poetry and Prose

Out of the Dust is a collection of new poems by activist, leader, poet, and editor Janice Mirikitani. After being named San Francisco's second Poet Laureate in 2000, this fifth book of poems from Mirikitani was written in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

Drawing from her own background as a Sansei (third generation) Japanese American, Mirikitani reflects on the many ways we connect through the dust and our ability to rise and renew ourselves from this place. From the dust of the World Trade Center in New York to the retaliatory ashes of the dead in America's war in Afghanistan, the poems in this volume seek to explicate the connections of our humanity to the reactionary profiling of people of Middle Eastern descent and different ethnicities, comparing these choices to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

Mirikitani's poems cover topics about rape, incest, the continued struggle for justice and economic equality, and the poet's experiences throughout her 50-year career at Glide Foundation and Church in San Francisco, where she has helped to create groundbreaking programs for the poor, women and children, and those who are healing from sexual assault, violence and abuse. Though constructed from a depth of experiences with struggle, these poems also erupt in celebration of marriage, daughters, and the discovery of self through diversity.

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Marcia Ann Gillespie; Richard A. Long; Oprah Winfrey; Rosa Johnson Butler

Maya Angelou

Mineko Iwasaki; Rande Brown

Geisha

Shel Silverstein

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Jennifer Racioppi

Cosmic Health

Amanda Gorman

Call Us What We Carry

Mary Higgins Clark

All by Myself, Alone

Connor Franta

House Fires

Pico Iyer

A Beginner's Guide to Japan

Amanda Seales

Small Doses

Oprah Winfrey; Bruce D. Perry

What Happened to You?

Sark

Make Your Creative Dreams Real

Rumiko Takahashi

RIN-NE, Vol. 1-4 (Set)

Akihito Tsukushi

Made in Abyss Vol. 1

Jack Canfield; Mark Victor Hansen; Kimberly Kirberger

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II: 101 More Stories of Life, Love and Learning

Sarah Mlynowski

Fishbowl

Nora Roberts

The Mackade Brothers - Rafe and Jared, The MacKade Brothers: (An Anthology)

Kekla Magoon

How It Went Down

Eloise Greenfield; Leo and Diane Dillon (Illustrator)

Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems

Wes Moore

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates

Yrsa Daley-Ward

The Terrible: A Storyteller's Memoir

Matsuo Basho; Nobuyuki Yuasa (Introduction by, Translator)

The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches

Fariha Róisín; Monica Ramos (Illustrator)

How to Cure a Ghost

Janice Mirikitani

Awake in the River: Poetry and Prose

Janice Mirikitani; David K. Yoo (Series edited by); Russell Leong (Series edited by)

Out of the Dust: New and Selected Poems

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