William Norwich

Mild water damage on cover.  It can be viewed in the pictures. Clean pages!

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Oregon

A Novel

From William Norwich, the well-known fashion writer and editor, an unforgettable novel about a woman with a secret who travels to New York City on a determined quest to buy a special dress that represents everything she wants to say about that secret...and herself.

Sometimes a dress isn't just a dress.

Emilia Brown is a woman of a certain age. She has spent a frugal, useful, and wholly restrained life in Ashville, a small town in Rhode Island. Overlooked especially by the industries of fashion and media, Mrs. Brown is one of today's silent generations of women whose quiet no-frills existences would make them seem invisible. She is a genteel woman who has known her share of personal sorrows and quietly carried on, who makes a modest living cleaning and running errands at the local beauty parlor, who delights in evening chats with her much younger neighbor, twenty-three-year-old Alice Danvers.

When the grand dame of Ashville passes away, Mrs. Brown is called upon to inventory her estate and comes across a dress that changes everything. The dress isn't a Cinderella confection; it's a simple yet exquisitely tailored Oscar de la Renta sheath and jacket--a suit that Mrs. Brown realizes, with startling clarity, will say everything she has ever wished to convey. She must have it. And so, like the inspired heroine of Paul Gallico's 1958 classic Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris, Mrs. Brown begins her odyssey to purchase the dress. For not only is the owning of the Oscar de la Renta a must, the intimidating trip to purchase it on Madison Avenue is essential as well. If the dress is to give Mrs. Brown a voice, then she must prepare by making the daunting journey--both to the emerald city and within herself.

Timeless, poignant, and appealing, My Mrs. Brown is a novel for every mother in the world, every woman who ever wanted the perfect dress, and every child who wanted to give it to her.

My Mrs. Brown

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Tatiana de Rosnay

Small blemishes on cover and spine. Clean pages.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

On the anniversary of the roundup of Jews by the French police in Paris, Julia is asked to write an article on this dark episode and embarks on an investigation that leads her to long-hidden family secrets and to the ordeal of Sarah.

Sarah's Key

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Adam Foulds

Discard mark on the closed base.  Clean pages.  I started it and it wasn't my jam, but maybe you'll love it!

Based on real events--tells the deeply moving story of the great nature poet John Clare and his fall into madness.

The Quickening Maze

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Alice Walker

Classic.  Minor cover wrinkles, but very clean pages. 

The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that tells the story of two sisters through their correspondence. With a new Preface by the author.

The Color Purple

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Patrick O'Brian

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

After rescuing a friend from French torture chambers, Captain Aubrey attempts to save the British merchant fleet in the Indian Ocean

H. M. S. Surprise

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Best book I've ever read on homeschooling.  So encouraging!  It brought a lot of peace to my homeschooling space. 

A Homeschooler's Guide to Unshakable Peace

Teaching from Rest

Elizabeth Kostova

Dust jacket is curling on some edges, but isn't creased.  Red dot on the base of closed pages.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Kostova's new novel is a tale of immense scope that delves into the horrors of a century and traverses the culture and landscape of this mysterious country. Suspenseful and beautifully written, it explores the power of stories, the pull of the past, and the hope and meaning that can sometimes be found in the aftermath of loss. Praise for Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian "Quite extraordinary. Kostova is a natural storyteller. She has refashioned the vampire myth into a compelling contemporary novel, a late-night page-turner." ... San Francisco Chronicle "Hypnotic. a thrill ride through history." ... The Denver Post "Part thriller, part history, part romance. Kostova has a keen sense of storytelling and she has a marvelous story to tell." ... Baltimore Sun "Kostova's vampire is no campy Lugosi knockoff.

The Shadow Land

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Elizabeth Berg

Returning home for a family reunion, Laura Bartone and her brother, Steve, are stunned by their sister's allegations of shocking behavior on the part of their mother, and must come to terms with the truth and lies within their family.

The Art of Mending

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Shannan Martin

I ended up with two copies.   Don't need them both!

Rescued from the Life I Always Wanted

Popular blogger and Dayspring (in)courage contributor Shannan Martin invites readers into the messy beauty of living open to God s upside-down best by telling the moving, funny, powerful story of her family s adventure of finding God in the margins."

Falling Free

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Tara Beth Leach

Scot McKnight

A Vision for Empowering Women in Ministry

Women are central to the mission of God. Pastor Tara Beth Leach issues a stirring call for a new generation of women in ministry: to teach, to preach, to shepherd, and to lead. Providing practical advice and encouragement, Leach shows how God not only permits women to minister—he emboldens, empowers, and unleashes them to lead out of the fullness of who they are.

Emboldened

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Ellen Keith

In the bestselling tradition of The Nightingale and Lilac Girls comes a sweeping story of love and survival during World War II AMSTERDAM, MAY 1943. As the tulips bloom and the Nazis tighten their grip across the city, the last signs of Dutch resistance are being swept away. Marijke de Graaf and her husband are arrested and deported to different concentration camps in Germany. Marijke is given a terrible choice: to suffer a slow death in the labor camp or--for a chance at survival--to join the camp brothel. On the other side of the barbed wire, SS officer Karl MYller arrives at the camp hoping to live up to his father's expectations of wartime glory. But faced with a brutal routine of overseeing executions and punishments, he longs for an escape. When he encounters the newly arrived Marijke, this meeting changes their lives forever. From the Netherlands to Germany to Argentina, The Dutch Wife is a novel about the blurred lines between love and lust, abuse and resistance, and right and wrong. It is a harrowing and ultimately redemptive story about the capacity of ordinary people to persevere under extraordinary circumstances.

The Dutch Wife

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Jonathan Swift

Bought it for the cover and never really opened it.  Such a classic tale!  Enjoy!

'Gulliver's Travels' describes the shipwrecked Gulliver's encounters with the inhabitants of four extraordinary places: Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and the country of the Houyhnhnms.

Gulliver's Travels

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John Muir

Illustrared Edition

First published in 1911. Muir was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States.

My First Summer in the Sierra

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Book is gently worn, with some splotches on cover, but the pages are clean.  The book feels classic and warm and it's a beautiful printing.

From dust cover: "Mama's Way gives a simple prescription for faith and happiness. It tells how Papa's daughter learned the power of positive prayer from her mother and passed her gift of faith along to her own family, to her friends and sometimes to strangers in need of help."

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Mama's Way

Kids book about gardening.  Excellent illustrations and descriptions and info about the botany and caretaking of gardening!

Gardening for Beginners

Pages are clean and great. Cover is a little rumpled. 

The Way of All Flesh

Chris Sasaki

Arthur Doyle

Arthur Pober

Completely clean and fresh! Slight smush on cover corner.

Retold from the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Original

Following Sterlings spectacularly successful launch of its childrens classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the worlds beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price.

No child is too young to appreciate the amazing deductive powers of the worlds smartest detective. These easy-to-read Sherlock Holmes stories provide the perfect introduction to the super sleuth and his friend and assistant, Dr. Watson. Among the intriguing tales: "A Scandal in Bohemia," Holmess first encounter with the mysterious Irene Adler; "The Red-Headed League"; "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" and others.


The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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David Murray

Donald S. Whitney

Slight discoloring on back cover. Pages are completely clean.

Electives

A Bible Reading Plan for Kids

This simple, gospel-centered, 365-day Bible reading plan guides children ages 6-12 through the most important passages of the Bible, helping them see and appreciate the big-picture storyline of Scripture.

Exploring the Bible

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printed in 1974. Classic hardcover with no dust jacket (think like old-school Nancy Drew binding).

Jo's Boys

Tracy Chevalier

A little wrinkled on the cover and the corners, but the pages can still be easily read.

Stories Inspired by Jane Eyre

This collection of original stories by today’s finest women writers—including Tracy Chevalier, Francine Prose, Elizabeth McCracken, Tessa Hadley, Audrey Niffenegger, and more—takes inspiration from the opening line in Charlotte Brontë’s most beloved novel, Jane Eyre. A fixture in the literary canon, Charlotte Brontë is revered by readers all over the world. Her novels featuring unforgettable, strong heroines still resonate with millions today. And who could forget one of literature’s best-known lines: “Reader, I married him” from her classic novel Jane Eyre? Part of a remarkable family that produced three acclaimed female writers at a time in 19th-century Britain when few women wrote, and fewer were published, Brontë has become a great source of inspiration to writers, especially women, ever since. Now in Reader, I Married Him, twenty of today’s most celebrated women authors have spun original stories, using the opening line from Jane Eyre as a springboard for their own flights of imagination. Reader, I Married Him will feature stories by: Tracy Chevalier Tessa Hadley Sarah Hall Helen Dunmore Kirsty Gunn Joanna Briscoe Jane Gardam Emma Donoghue Susan Hill Francine Prose Elif Shafak Evie Wyld Patricia Park Salley Vickers Nadifa Mohamed Esther Freud Linda Grant Lionel Shriver Audrey Niffenegger Namwali Serpell Elizabeth McCracken Unique, inventive, and poignant, the stories in Reader, I Married Him pay homage to the literary genius of Charlotte Brontë, and demonstrate once again that her extraordinary vision continues to inspire readers and writers.

Reader, I Married Him

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Back two pages are folded corners, but book is otherwise in great condition.

Sequel to Crispin: The Cross of Lead

In this riveting sequel to the Newbery-Award winning Crispin: The Cross of Lead--the second book in a planned trilogy--Avi explores themes of war, religion, and family as he continues the adventures of Crispin and Bear.



The more I came to know of the world, the more I knew I knew it not.



He was a nameless orphan, marked for death by his masters for an unknown crime. Discovering his name- Crispin-only intensified the mystery. Then Crispin met Bear, who helped him learn the secret of his full identity. And in Bear-the enormous, red-bearded juggler, sometime spy, and everyday philosopher-Crispin also found a new father and a new world.



Now Crispin and Bear have set off to live their lives as free men. But they don't get far before their past catches up with them: Bear is being pursued by members of the secret brotherhood who believe he is an informer. When Bear is badly wounded, it is up to Crispin to make decisions about their future-where to go, whom to trust. Along the way they become entangled with an extraordinary range of people, each of whom affects Crispin and Bear's journey in unexpected ways. To find freedom and safety, they may have to travel to the edge of the world-even if it means confronting death itself.

Crispin: at the Edge of the World

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Sarah Addison Allen

Slight bumps on cover, but pages are clean.

Quiet Josey Cirrini's peaceful life caring for her elderly mother is turned upside down when Della Lee Baker, a confident and bold waitress fleeing an abusive boyfriend, decides to hide out in Josey's home.

The Sugar Queen

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Jane. Austen

A. Walton Litz

Cover is a bit bruised, but the pages are in great condition. 

Introduction by A. Walton Litz “Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.” So begins Jane Austen’s comic masterpiece Emma. In Emma, Austen’s prose brilliantly elevates, in the words of Virginia Woolf, “the trivialities of day-to-day existence, of parties, picnics, and country dances” of early-nineteenth-century life in the English countryside to an unrivaled level of pleasure for the reader. At the center of this world is the inimitable Emma Woodhouse, a self-proclaimed matchmaker who, by the novel’s conclusion, may just find herself the victim of her own best intentions. INCLUDES A MODERN LIBRARY READING GROUP GUIDE

Emma

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Joshilyn Jackson

Book is slightly bent, but pages are unmarred. Slight dent on one corner.

For 10 years Arlene has kept her promises, and God has kept His end of the bargain. Until now. When an old schoolmate from Possett turns up at Arlene's door in Chicago asking questions about Jim Beverly, former quarterback and god of Possett High, Arlene's break with her former hometown is forced to an end. At the same time, Burr, her long-time boyfriend, has raised an ultimatum: introduce him to her family or consider him gone. Arlene loves him dearly but knows her lily white (not to mention deeply racist)Southern Baptist family will not understand her relationship with an African American boyfriend. Reluctantly, Arlene bows to the pressure, and she and Burr embark on the long-avoided road trip back home. As Arlene digs through guilt and deception, her patched-together alibi begins to unravel, and she discovers how far she will go for love and a chance at redemption.

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