Mark Lester

Larry Beason

A grammar book to teach you grammar. I have too many from my school days and don’t think I’ll ever read it again so I’m looking for a new home for this reference book. 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

California

Who or Whom? / Its or It's / Lie or Lay?

Can't remember those grueling grammar lessons from junior high? Troubled that your professional writing lacks polish? Stop worrying! You've just picked up the painless prescription for proper English!

Acclaimed grammarians Mark Lester and Larry Beason know that English teachers aren't the only ones who expect careful and correct language choices. Precision in language can be the deciding factor when it comes to getting a job or winning a promotion. The McGraw-Hill Handbook of English Grammar and Usage gives you bottom-line definitions, tips, and simple rules that summarizethe essentials you need to know.

This second edition includes a chapter dedicated to grammar and its usage in digital communication, including texting, e-mail, social media, and new technology, so you can communicate correctly in any format.

Whether your skills need drastic improvement or a quick brush-up, The McGraw-Hill Handbook of English Grammar and Usage will get your grammar back on the right track with:

 * Straightforward explanations of common mistakes and why they happen
 * Hundreds of correct and incorrect sentence examples, with errors clearly marked
 * Quick tips for fixing your most stubborn grammatical mishaps
 * Catchy memory aids for writing correctly the first time

McGraw-Hill Handbook of English Grammar and Usage, 2nd Edition

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Mary Kate McDevitt

I bought this book hoping to learn hand lettering but it just wasn’t my type of learning book. It has a lot of practice pages (all are blank) and a small portion for the explanation part. It’s design and samples are great but I personally didn’t find it helpful and would love to pass it on to someone that can make better use of it! The cover is a little worn but otherwise the whole book is blank and new.

A Practical Guide to Creating Serif, Script, Illustrated, Ornate, and Other Totally Original Hand-Drawn Styles

The ultimate tool for designers and creatives looking to tap into the trend of hand-drawn lettering, this workbook features step-by-step lessons on a range of styles plus more than 120 practice pages, making it the ideal place to learn and perfect this in-demand design skill.

Hand-Lettering Ledger

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If you’re looking for a how to draw Manga book from the 90s/early 2000s this is one of them! I used this book so you can see the wear a bit on the corners. No writing inside. It’s a decent reference book if you need one but not as informative as some of the other how to draw manga books.

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

You Can Draw Manga!

Happy Earthday! This book is a book written by a young author to explain global warming to kids. I had to use it for a class project many years ago :)

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

The North Pole Is Sinking!

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This book is fully in Japanese. It’s a guide to help exchange students or really anyone living in Japan with finding a job there (shuushoku katsudo). It’s a bit outdated but I think it can still serve as a great reference and practice book for anyone learning Japanese or wanting to live in Japan one day. 

The Complete Guide to finding a job in Japan (in Japanese)

Another book from my to read pile that I never got to. This one is on Oprah’s booklist so I really wanted to read it but haven’t had the time and no longer have the space. I hope it can find a new home to be appreciated.

Middlesex

I’ve had this book forever since we had to read it in high school. I’m not sure if it’s still used for educational purposes but overall it’s a great book to read. There is minor damage on the binding but considering it’s more than 10 years old it’s not too bad. I’m hoping it can be read and passed on :)

A Novel

The contemporary African writer's classic novel depicting the destruction of traditional tribal life by the white man

Things Fall Apart

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Another study book I got for the GRE. It was easy to understand and had a lot of great examples. I never ended up taking the test though so I think it’s time to free up some space and hopefully give this great study book a new home!

Over 1000 Powerful Memory Tricks and Mnemonics

2017 version published on 9/27/16.

Need a good way to remember that the word "prodigal" means "wasteful"? Just think of "prada gal" - a girl who spends all of her money on designer clothes. Welcome to GRE Vocab Capacity - a better way to learn GRE vocabulary!

Why This Book Is Different

There are tons of books, apps, and websites designed to help you learn GRE words. However, if you've tried typical vocabulary study methods, then they might not have worked very well for you.

The problem with most vocabulary products is that the sentences in the books are boring! Your brain might not naturally form connections to the meanings of words if they're not presented to you in a memorable, creative way.

GRE Vocab Capacity is different. We've not only clearly defined the words but we've also created sentences designed to help you remember the words through a variety of unusual associations - using mnemonics.

Mnemonic Examples

A mnemonic is just a memory device. It works by creating a link in your brain to something else, so that recall of one thing helps recall of the other. This can be done in many ways - but the strongest links are through senses, emotions, rhymes, and patterns.

Consider this example:

Quash (verb): to completely stop from happening.

Think: squash.

The best way to quash an invasion of ants in your kitchen is simple: squash them.

Now your brain has a link from the word quash (which it may not have known) to the word squash (which it probably knows). Both words sound and look the same, so it's easy to create a visual and aural link. If you picture someone squashing ants (and maybe get grossed out), you also have another visual link and an emotional link.

Here's another example:

Eschew (verb): to avoid.

Think: ah-choo!

Eschew people who say "ah-choo!" unless you want to catch their colds.

The word eschew sounds similar to a sneeze (ah-choo!), so your brain will now link the two sounds. If you picture yourself avoiding someone who is about to sneeze in your face, even better! Again, the more connections you make in your brain to the new word, the easier it will be for you to recall it.

GRE Vocab Capacity

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Inside has some highlights but otherwise is in good condition if you just need the book for studying. I saw it listed on Amazon new for $30 so it seems like a decent book for studying :) I just need to clear up some space and hope this book finds a new home!

An extensive working vocabulary is a prerequisite for test-taking success on the GRE Graduate Record Exam. This revised and updated test preparation guide presents 800 college-graduate-level words with definitions that frequently appear on the exam, while also familiarizing test takers with how the words are generally used in various contexts. Additional features include a pretest that serves as a diagnostic, a lengthy word list with extensive sentence-completion exercises, and a chapter that discusses and analyzes essential word roots. The book concludes with a detailed posttest. Answers are provided for all exercises and for all questions in the posttest.

Essential Words for the GRE

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I reread this book prior to posting since it’s a little hard to let go but I need to make space. I still plan on buying the digital version but I hope my physical copy can find a new home :) it has a bit of sun damage but is otherwise in good shape and would work as a book to read and then pass on!

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Exclusive Special Edition

"Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits--smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try"--

Eleanor and Park

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A book solely to teach you how to make and format a newsletter in InDesign. It’s a little dated but still has a lot of relevant information if all you need to make is a newsletter. 

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Creating a Newsletter in InDesign

This one is in pretty bad condition but it will be fine as a textbook. #paperback #textbook #anthropology

Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

Social Studies

Bedford Researcher and Comment and Rules for Writers

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I don’t remember reading this book at all but I must have since I bought it for school. It’s in pretty bad shape so it’s great to write on or take notes with. #paperback #historicalfiction

In The Marquise of O-, a virtuous widow finds herself unaccountably pregnant. And although the baffled Marquise has no idea when this happened, she must prove her innocence to her doubting family and discover whether the perpetrator is an assailant or lover. Michael Kohlhaas depicts an honourable man who feels compelled to violate the law in his search for justice, while other tales explore the singular realm of the uncanny, such as The Beggarwoman of Locarno, in which an old woman's ghost drives a heartless nobleman to madness, and St Cecilia, which portrays four brothers possessed by an uncontrollable religious mania. The stories collected in this volume reflect the preoccupations of Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) with the deceptiveness of human nature and the unpredictability of the physical world.

The Marquise of o and Other Stories

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Another anthropology book I used in University. I’m regretting not selling these sooner but I am naturally a book hoarder I guess XD #paperback #universitytextbook #anthropologytextbook


An Anthology

Ethnographic Fieldwork: An Anthropological Reader provides a comprehensive selection of classic and contemporary reflections, examining the tensions between self and other, the relationships between anthropologists and informants, conflicts and ethical challenges, various types of ethnographic research, and different styles of writing about fieldwork.

 * Discusses fieldwork in general, as opposed to its formal methods
   
 * Presents a good sense of the historical and conceptual development of fieldwork as the predominant methodological approach of social and cultural anthropology
   
 * Includes introductory chapter and 38 leading articles on ethnographic fieldwork in cultural anthropology, organized around ten themes - Beginnings; Fieldwork Identity; Fieldwork Relations and Rapport; The Other Talks Back; Conflicts, Hazards, and Dangers in Fieldwork; Ethics; Multi-Sited Fieldwork; Sensorial Fieldwork; Reflexive Ethnography; and Fictive Fieldwork and Fieldwork Novels.

Ethnographic Fieldwork

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I enjoyed this book and will probably buy the digital version to read again one day. But for now it’s time for a good book unhauling to free space :D #paperback #fiction #mystery #youngadult #literature #autism #bestseller #drama 

Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

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Another great young adult fiction book. It’s in good condition and I might just read it again before someone buys it XD #hardcover #juvenilefiction #fiction #youngadult 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A love-seeking mechanic, a dramatic petty thief, a disappointed planner and a broken-hearted teen all find their lives transformed as each shares whirlwind adventures with a girl in an insanely red car. By the author of Somewhere Over the Sun. Simultaneous eBook.

Let's Get Lost

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This book is so cute and is a great gift. Unfortunately I only have book 2 but it’s still worth it! #hardcover #childrensfiction 

Book Two

New York Times Bestseller

"Huge laughs and great science - the kind of smart, funny stuff that makes Jon Scieszka a legend."
- Mac Barnett, author of Battle Bunny and The Terrible Two

More clever science experiments, funny jokes, and robot hijinks await readers in book two of the New York Times bestselling Frank Einstein chapter book series from the mad scientist team of Jon Scieszka and Brian Biggs. The perfect combination to engage and entertain readers, the series features real science facts with adventure and humor, making these books ideal for STEM education. This second installment examines the quest to unlock the power behind the science of "energy."
Kid-genius and inventor Frank Einstein loves figuring out how the world works by creating household contraptions that are part science, part imagination, and definitely unusual. In the series opener, an uneventful experiment in his garage-lab, a lightning storm, and a flash of electricity bring Frank's inventions - the robots Klink and Klank - to life! Not exactly the ideal lab partners, the wisecracking Klink and the overly expressive Klank nonetheless help Frank attempt to perfect his inventions. In the second book in the series, Frank is working on a revamped version of one of Nikola Tesla's inventions, the "Electro-Finger," a device that can tap into energy anywhere and allow all of Midville to live off the grid, with free wireless and solar energy. But this puts Frank in direct conflict with Edison's quest to control all the power and light in Midville, monopolize its energy resources, and get "rich rich rich." Time is running out, and only Frank, Watson, Klink, and Klank can stop Edison and his sentient ape, Mr. Chimp!
Integrating real science facts with wacky humor, a silly cast of characters, and science fiction, this uniquely engaging series is an irresistible chemical reaction for middle-grade readers. With easy-to-read language and graphic illustrations on almost every page, this chapter book series is a must for reluctant readers. The Frank Einstein series encourages middle-grade readers to question the way things work and to discover how they, too, can experiment with science. In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews raves, "This buoyant, tongue-in-cheek celebration of the impulse to'keep asking questions and finding your own answers' fires on all cylinders," while Publishers Weekly says that the series "proves that science can be as fun as it is important and useful."
Read all the books in the New York Times bestselling Frank Einstein series: Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor (Book 1), Frank Einstein and the Electro-Finger (Book 2), Frank Einstein and the BrainTurbo (Book 3), and Frank Einstein and the EvoBlaster Belt (Book 4). Visit frankeinsteinbooks.com for more information.

Frank Einstein and the Electro-Finger (Frank Einstein Series #2)

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A classic play that most high school students have to read. #paperback #fiction #fairytales #loveconquersall #nonfiction #adventure #classic 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

I cried too much from this book when I was younger. That’s all I can say :( #paperback #youngadult #fiction

After meeting at their private school in New York, fifteen-year-old Jeremiah, who is black and whose parents are separated, and Ellie, who is white and whose mother has twice abandoned her, fall in love and then try to cope with people's reactions.

If You Come Softly

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A good Japanese language reference book. Maybe. #paperback #japaneselanguage #learnjapanese

From Everyday Conversation to the Language of Love - A Guide to Japanese as It's Really Spoken!

Making Out in Japanese is a fun, accessible and thorough Japanese phrase book and guide to the Japanese language as it's really spoken.

Sugoku suki! Mata aeru?--(I'm crazy about you! Shall we meet again?) Answer this correctly in Japanese, and you may be going on a hot date. Incorrectly, and you could be hurting someone's feelings or getting a slap! Japanese classes and textbooks tend to spend a lot of time rehearsing for the same fictitious scenarios, but chances are while in Japan you will spend a lot more time trying to make new friends or start new romances--something you may not be prepared for.

If you are a student, businessman or tourist traveling to Japan and would like to have an authentic and meaningful experience, the key is being able to speak like a local. This friendly and easy-to-use Japanese phrasebook makes this possible. Making Out in Japanese has been updated and expanded to be even more helpful as a guide to modern colloquial Japanese for use in everyday informal interactions--giving access to the sort of catchy Japanese expressions that aren't covered in traditional language materials. As well as the Romanized forms (romanji), each expression is now given in authentic Japanese script (kanji and kana with furigana pronunciation clues), so that in the case of difficulties the book can be shown to the person the user is trying to communicate with.

This Japanese phrasebook includes:
 * A guide to pronouncing Japanese words correctly.
 * Explanations of basic Japanese grammar, such as intonation, word stress, and particles.
 * A guide to male and female usage.
 * Romanized forms of words and phrases (romanji).
 * Complete Japanese translations including Japanese characters (kanji) and the Japanese alphabet (kana).
 * Useful and interesting notes on Japanese language and culture.
 * Lots of colorful, fun and useful expressions not covered in other phrasebooks.


Titles in this unique series of bestselling phrase books include: Making Out in Chinese, Making Out in Indonesian, Making Out in Thai, Making Out in Korean, Making Out in Hindi, Making Out in Japanese, Making Out in Vietnamese, Making Out in Burmese, Making Out in Tagalog, Making Out in Hindi, Making Out in Arabic, Making Out in English, More Making Out in Korean, and More Making Out in Japanese.

Making Out in Japanese

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Another favorite of mine from jr high? That might be out of print. The ISBN wasn’t finding anything XD I loved the modern take on the classic Romeo and Juliet and would love it if this book can find a new home to be enjoyed. #paperback #fiction #adventure #nonfiction #romance #youngadult 

Romiette and Julio

Interesting read. #hardcover #japan #japaneseculture


The hard-drinking, drug-taking, all-night culture that dominates Tokyo's Roppongi district can be a surreal place. Overworked Japanese business men will pay handsomely for the services of a hostess--someone to talk to, someone to provide hot towels and drinks, and sometimes just a companion with whom to sing karaoke with all night. Intrigued by rumors of this strange subculture and armed with her 90-day work visa and new husband, Matt, Chelsea throws herself into the lion's den. Yet what she discovers about herself and about the inhabitants of this nocturnal life far exceeds her expectations.Hostessing, she comes to find, has "very little to do with sex, quite a lot to do with psychology, and nothing to do with prostitution." Her personality and conversation skills are her top commodity, and Chelsea quickly finds herself charmed by these billionaire men, many of whom are funny, intelligent, even kind, and often, very lonely. But as she becomes more and more attached to her clients, Chelsea soon finds herself getting burned at her own game, as the endless presents, compliments, and destructive atmosphere of alcohol and drugs threaten to take both her marriage, and her sanity, to the edge.

90-Day Geisha

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One of my favorite books as a teen! It’s used with love since I read it a bit too much… #paperback #fiction #youngadult 

Kaitlin Malone hates the Crutchfields. Her family has feuded with them for generations, and now her dad is in jail for killing one of them. This legacy of hatred has never been questioned--until Kaitlin falls for a Crutchfield boy. As if that's not bad enough, that boy is the son of the man her father murdered.

Scribbler of Dreams

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Want to take a look at a textbook from the late 80s? There is some writing inside but it looks so boring compared to the stuff we see in textbooks today. Maybe if you buy something else and ask nicely I’ll add it with your order… #paperback #retrotextbook #oldtextbook

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You Can Draw Manga!

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