Dorothy Allison

Trade paperback. Pages are clean and tight with no spine creasing. Cover may show slight shelf wear.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Wisconsin

Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatwright, an illegitimate young girl, dreams of escaping her Greenville County, South Carolina, home, her notorious, hard-living family, and the unwanted attentions of her abusive stepfather, Daddy Glen. A first novel. Reprint. National Book Award finalist.

Bastard Out of Carolina

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Arthur Herman

Trade paperback. Pages are clean and tight with no spine creasing.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It

An exciting account of the origins of the modern world

Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? The Scots. As historian and author Arthur Herman reveals, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Scotland made crucial contributions to science, philosophy, literature, education, medicine, commerce, and politics--contributions that have formed and nurtured the modern West ever since.

Herman has charted a fascinating journey across the centuries of Scottish history. Here is the untold story of how John Knox and the Church of Scotland laid the foundation for our modern idea of democracy; how the Scottish Enlightenment helped to inspire both the American Revolution and the U.S. Constitution; and how thousands of Scottish immigrants left their homes to create the American frontier, the Australian outback, and the British Empire in India and Hong Kong.

How the Scots Invented the Modern World reveals how Scottish genius for creating the basic ideas and institutions of modern life stamped the lives of a series of remarkable historical figures, from James Watt and Adam Smith to Andrew Carnegie and Arthur Conan Doyle, and how Scottish heroes continue to inspire our contemporary culture, from William "Braveheart" Wallace to James Bond.

And no one who takes this incredible historical trek will ever view the Scots--or the modern West--in the same way again.

How the Scots Invented the Modern World

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Jeff Long

Hardcover. Pages are clean and tight.dust jacket may show slight shelf wear. Stated first edition.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Humanity once again must search a subterranean world inhabited by a savage hominid race for its demonic leader, who has orchestrated a series of terrorist attacks that have resulted in an all-out clash of civilizations.

Deeper

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First French Kiss

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

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Ben archer and the cosmic fall

Jack Vitek

Jerry Oppenheimer

Mass market paperback. Pages are clean and tight with no spine creasing. Inside front cover has inscription.

Rock Hudson--the True Story of an American Film Hero

Idol

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Trade paperback. Pages are clean and tight with no spine creasing. 

Crash from Outer Space

John Grisham

Mass market paperback. Pages are clean and tight with no spine creasing. 

Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they'll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on Hemlock Street without a rooftop Frosty; they won't be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash; they aren't even going to have a tree. They won't need one, because come December 25 they're setting sail on a Caribbean cruise. But, as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences-and isn't half as easy as they'd imagined. A classic tale for modern times, "Skipping Christmas" offers a hilarious look at the chaos and frenzy that have become part of our holiday tradition.

Skipping Christmas

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Garry Boulard

In this exploration of the presidency of James Buchanan, 1857-61, Garry Boulard revisits the 15th President and comes away with a stunning conclusion: Buchanan's performance as the nation's chief executive was even more deplorable and sordid than scholars generally know, making his status as the country's worst president richly deserved. Boulard documents Buchanan's failure to stand up to the slaveholding interests of the South, his indecisiveness in dealing with the secession movement, and his inability to provide leadership during the nation's gravest constitutional crisis. Using the letters of Buchanan, as well as those of more than two dozen political leaders and thinkers of the time, Boulard presents a narrative of a timid and vacillating president whose drift and isolation opened the door to the Civil War.

The Worst President--The Story of James Buchanan

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Edward F. Murphy

Mass market paperback. Pages are clean and tight with no spine creasing.

This book vividly chronicles the almost 13 million who served during World War II, and their superhuman feats of selfless courage.

Heroes of WW II

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Manny Mill

Charles Colson

Jude Skallerup

The Real Story of Manny Mill

"I could have been dead so many times. I always spent more money than I had, I was always in over my head, and I was always involved in too many things at one time...Everything I did was with me in mind." - Manny Mill Descending into a life of debauchery, Manny Mill found himself teetering on the edge of personal and financial disaster. In this candid and vividly personal book, Manny tells how His pursuit of pleasure led him to the depths of human despair. A declared fugitive of the law, he was running from the FBI when he ran into Christ and a life of radical redemption. Manny's experiences will thrill you. His faith will inspire you. And his words will challenge you to think about your life, your relationship with the God of the universe and your need for a radical redemption. The life and ministry of Manny Mill is another evidence that a reformed vision of God's sovereign grace ignites radical, risk-taking ministries of mercy, not passive fatalism. May his story set ten thousand captives free - including those who have never been in prison. John Piper, Pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church At some point everyone is in a type of prison - Manny's journey shows the only way to true freedom. You'll be inspired by his incredible passion, unusual manner and thrilling life story! Burl Cain, Warden of Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola Manny's life is a great example of God's redeeming grace. His spirit and enthusiasm for serving the Lord he loves is contagious. We would all do well to catch some of it. C. William Pollard, Chairman Emeritus of The ServiceMaster Company Radical Redemption is a compelling account of Manny Mill's incredible transformation. It has been our family's adventure to witness up-close Manny's new life in Christ. Norma C. Wessner, wife of the late Dr. Kenneth T. Wessner

Radical Redemption

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Stephen E. Ambrose

Brothers, Fathers, Heroes, Sons, Pals

From the author of Undaunted Courage and D-Day comes this celebration of male friendship, taken both from the pages of history and from Ambrose’s own life. Acclaimed historian Stephen Ambrose begins his examination with a glance inward—he starts this book with his brothers, his first and forever friends, and the shared experiences that join them for a lifetime, overcoming distance and misunderstandings. He writes of Dwight D. Eisenhower, who had a golden gift for friendship and who shared a perfect trust with his younger brother Milton in spite of their apparently unequal stations. With great feeling, Ambrose brings to life the relationships of the young soldiers of Easy Company who fought and died together from Normandy to Germany, and he describes with admiration three who fought in different armies on different sides in that war and became friends later. He recounts the friendships of Lewis and Clark and of Crazy Horse and He Dog, and he tells the story of the Custer brothers who died together at the Little Big Horn. Comrades concludes with the author’s moving recollection of his own friendship with his father. “He was my first and always most important friend. I didn’t learn that until the end, when he taught me the most important thing, that the love of father-son-father-son is a continuum, just as love and friendship are expansive.”

Comrades

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Ann Aguirre

Hardcover. Pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket is clean and intact. Stated first edition.

Through a Faustian bargain, Edie Kramer has been pulled into the dangerous world of the Immortal Game, where belief makes your nightmares real. Hungry for sport, fears-made-flesh are always raising the stakes. To them, human lives are less than nothing, just pieces on a board. Because of her boyfriend Kian's sacrifice, she's operating under the mysterious Harbinger's aegis, but his patronage could prove as fatal as the opposition. Raw from deepest loss, she's terrified over the deal Kian made for her. Though her very public enemies keep sending foot soldiers - mercenary monsters committed to her destruction - she's not the one playing under a doom clock. Kian has six months . . . unless Edie can save him. And this is a game she can't bear to lose.

Public Enemies

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Maria Vale

The stars align for this stunningly original werewolf shifter romance:

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If she returns to her Pack, the stranger will die.

But if she stays...

Silver Nilsdottir is at the bottom of her Pack's social order, with little chance for a decent mate and a better life. Until the day a stranger stumbles into their territory, wounded and beaten, and Silver decides to risk everything on Tiberius Leveraux. But Tiberius isn't all he seems, and in the fragile balance of the Pack and wild, he may tip the destiny of all wolves...

For three days out of thirty, when the moon is full and her law is iron, the Great North Pack must be wild.

People are raving about Maria Vale's paranormal fantasy romance:

"Wonderfully unique and imaginative. I was --enthralled!"--JEANIENE FROST, New York Timesbestselling author

"Raw, wild, and intense--captivating to the final page."AMANDA BOUCHET, USA Todaybestselling author

"Pushes boundaries, and keeps you at the edge of your seat."--TERRY SPEAR, USA Todaybestselling author

The Last Wolf

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Cassandra Clare

Trade paperback. Pages are clean and tight. Spine is creased but not broken. Cover may show slight shelf wear.

View more details of this book at www.walkerbooks.com.au

Ghosts of the Shadow Market

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Jane Hamilton

Trade paperback. Pages are clean and tight with no spine creasing. Pages show age toning. Cover shows slight shelf wear.

A cloth bag containing thirteen copies of the title, that may also include miscellaneous notes, discussion questions, biographical information, and reading lists to assist book group discussion leaders.

A Map of the World

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Trade paperback. Pages are clean and tight. Back cover shows some wear. Inside front cover has sticker residue.

The key to extraordinary

Katherine Boo

Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE “Inspiring . . . extraordinary . . . [Katherine Boo] shows us how people in the most desperate circumstances can find the resilience to hang on to their humanity. Just as important, she makes us care.”—People “A tour de force of social justice reportage and a literary masterpiece.”—Judges, PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times • The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • USA Today • New York • The Miami Herald • San Francisco Chronicle • Newsday In this breathtaking book by Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human through the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in Annawadi, a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport. As India starts to prosper, the residents of Annawadi are electric with hope. Abdul, an enterprising teenager, sees “a fortune beyond counting” in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. Meanwhile Asha, a woman of formidable ambition, has identified a shadier route to the middle class. With a little luck, her beautiful daughter, Annawadi’s “most-everything girl,” might become its first female college graduate. And even the poorest children, like the young thief Kalu, feel themselves inching closer to their dreams. But then Abdul is falsely accused in a shocking tragedy; terror and global recession rock the city; and suppressed tensions over religion, caste, sex, power, and economic envy turn brutal. With intelligence, humor, and deep insight into what connects people to one another in an era of tumultuous change, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, based on years of uncompromising reporting, carries the reader headlong into one of the twenty-first century’s hidden worlds—and into the hearts of families impossible to forget. WINNER OF: The PEN Nonfiction Award • The Los Angeles Times Book Prize • The American Academy of Arts and Letters Award • The New York Public Library’s Helen Bernstein Book Award NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New Yorker • People • Entertainment Weekly • The Wall Street Journal • The Boston Globe • The Economist • Financial Times • Foreign Policy • The Seattle Times • The Nation • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • The Denver Post • Minneapolis Star Tribune • The Week • Kansas City Star • Slate • Publishers Weekly

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

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Jhumpa Lahiri

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A debut collection of short fiction blends elements of Indian traditions with the complexities of American culture in such tales as "A Temporary Matter," in which a young Indian-American couple confronts their grief over the loss of a child, while their Boston neighborhood copes with a nightly blackout. Original. 20,000 first printing.

Interpreter of Maladies

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Lewis Sanders

Jonathon Waite

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A Hippy's History of the 60's and Beyond...

What a Long Strange Trip It's Been

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James L. Garlow

Timothy Paul Jones

April Williams

Trade paperback. Pages are clean and tight with no spine creasing. Has remainder mark.

An Easy-to-Use Fact Checker

"An expose of the bestselling novel. Readers questioning The Da Vinci Code can 'fact check' with this book of terms, events, people and places"--Provided by publisher.

The Da Vinci Codebreaker

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Anita Abriel

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A Novel

Inspired by an incredible true story of two Jewish friends who survived the Holocaust, this “heartfelt and memorable tale of family, love, resilience, and the triumph of human spirit” (Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author) spans World War II from Budapest to Austria and the postwar years from Naples to Caracas, perfect for fans of The German Girl and We Were the Lucky Ones. Spring 1946: Best friends Vera Frankel and Edith Ban arrive in Naples. Refugees from Hungary, they managed to escape from a train headed for Auschwitz and spent the rest of the war hiding on an Austrian farm. Now, the two young women are starting new lives abroad. Armed with a letter of recommendation from an American officer, Vera finds work at the United States embassy where she falls in love with Captain Anton Wight. But as Vera and Edith grapple with the aftermath of the war, so too does Anton, and when he suddenly disappears, Vera is forced to change course. Their quest for a better life takes Vera and Edith from Naples to Ellis Island to Caracas as they start careers, reunite with old friends, and rebuild their lives after terrible loss. Moving, evocative, and compelling, The Light After the War is a timely and “unforgettable story of strength, love, and survival” (Jillian Cantor, USA TODAY bestselling author).

Light after the War

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Leif Enger

The first novel in ten years from award-winning, million-copy bestselling author Leif Enger, Virgil Wander is an enchanting and timeless all-American story that follows the inhabitants of a Midwestern town in their quest to revive its flagging heart

Virgil Wander

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Lora Leigh

Hardcover. Pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket may show slight shelf wear. Stated first edition.

He was a shadow, ever shifting and insinuating, able to blend in everywhere and anywhere. The elusive ideal conceived and created by the Genetics Council, he went by just as many names as he had identities - the last one being Gideon. Now calling himself Graeme, he hides in plain sight, terrifyingly close to his goal. A rogue Bengal Breed, he has loyalties to none but himself. And he has a need for vengeance that surges through his veins. Graeme plans to exact an extreme and ruthless vendetta against those who wronged him, Breed and human alike.

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