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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Minnesota

Journeying from Portugal, to Australia, to southern Africa and other exotic settings, this collection of short fiction explores a wide range of romantic encounters, in all their diverse forms.

Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations

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Virginia

Fiction

This enchanting novel of interwoven legends burns with both gentle intelligence and human warmth

This extraordinary book, derived from the long oral tradition of storytelling in Afghanistan, presents a mesmerizing portrait of a people who triumph with intelligence and humor over the oppressions of political dictators and an unforgiving landscape.
A musician conjures stones to rise in the air and teaches his art to a mute child. Master Poisoner, Ghoroob of Mashad, has so perfected his craft that it is considered an honor to die from his meals. These are stories of magic and wonder in which ordinary people endure astonishing extremes in a world of bloodshed and brotherhood, miracles and catastrophes.

With lyrical wit and profound simplicity, The Honey Thief reveals an Afghanistan of greater richness and humanity than is conveyed in newspaper headlines; an Afghanistan not of failure and despair, but of resilience and fulfillment.

The Honey Thief

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Indiana





Little Ree is back and up to new adventures on the ranch! When her best friend Hyacinth comes to visit, the girls are determined to bake the best pie for the State Fair pie contest. Their country-girl skills and ranch know-how come in handy as the girls decide on the perfect ingredient--wild berries from grandma's ranch. Ree and Hyacinth know they'll have to work together and they're up to the challenge, if only they could find the berry bush!

Ree Drummond didn't move to the country until she was all grown up, but always wondered what it would have been like to make such a big change as a child. With her New York Times bestselling character, Little Ree, you never know what a new day on the ranch will bring but you can be sure it will always be fun! Don't miss this second book in her country adventures.

Backmatter includes a tasty new pie recipe from the Pioneer Woman.

Little Ree: Best Friends Forever!

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Georgia

Charlie Tristan Moore isn’t a hero. She’s a survivor. Already wrestling with the demons of her past, she finds herself tested as never before when she arrives home one night to find herself under attack by three monstrous skinhounds straight out of a nightmare. Just as hope seems lost, she is saved by a sinister Man in Black, dressed in a long, dark coat that seems to possess a life of its own and wielding a black-bladed sword in his grisly red right hand. But her rescue comes at a cost. The Man in Black, a diabolical Elder God, demands she become his Acolyte and embrace a dark magick she never knew she possessed. To ensure her obedience, he takes her friend and possible love, Daniel, in thrall as a hostage. Now she must join The Man in Black in his crusade to track down and destroy his fellow Elder Gods, supposedly to save humanity from being devoured for all eternity. But is The Man in Black truly the lesser of two evils–or a menace far more treacherous than the eldritch horrors she’s battling in his name? "Red Right Hand is a perfect blend of old-school horror and modern storytelling sorcery. Levi Black is absolutely riveting!" --Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Predator One

Red Right Hand

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Utah

Stories of the French Tradition in North America

A glowing collection of stories gathered from many sources and invites readers to share in a storytelling culture teeming with French and Canadian traditions. -Midwest Book ReviewBubbling with beautiful princesses, dragon-slaying underdogs, and crafty tricksters, these Franco-American stories explore a heritage that has become known as "a quiet presence". Co-authors, Parent and Olivier recount the lutin's tricks on farmers, the Jack-like adventures of Ti-Jean, Pierre and his modern-day chainsaw, a beautiful princess conquering an evil witch, and family stories passed down from generation to generation. Meet Michael's grandfather, Honor Fournier, who spoiled his grandchildren with kindly generosity, and Alexis Lacasse, Julien's grandfather, who didn't let a prank stop him from arriving to dinner on time. Life in Franco-American families revolved around two entities: family and church. The authors address these two important aspects and how they have influenced their stories. Olivier and Parent inherited their families' love of stories and continue that legacy by sharing their ancestry and heritage in this charming book. These medieval stories teach readers the importance of courage, resourcefulness and respect.

Of Kings and Fools

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X-Library Copy
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New Jersey

Conversations with Writers of Fantasy

"A rich resource that will be consulted as frequently by children's literature professionals and by genre fans themselves." -- Booklist (starred review)

What kind of child were you? When did you decide you wanted to be a writer? Why do you write fantasy? 

"Fantasy," writes Leonard S. Marcus, "is storytelling with the beguiling power to transform the impossible into the imaginable and to reveal our own 'real' world in a fresh and truth-bearing light." Few have harnessed this power with the artistry, verve, and imagination of the authors encountered in this compelling book. How do they work their magic? 

Finely nuanced and continually revealing, Leonard S. Marcus's interviews range widely over questions of literary craft and moral vision, as he asks thirteen noted fantasy authors about their pivotal life experiences, their literary influences and work routines, and their core beliefs about the place of fantasy in literature and in our lives. Back matter includes an index.

The Wand in the Word

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#paperback #drama #stories #storytelling #suspense #relationships 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Tennessee

Moon wreck Tango

#paperback #spanish #geography #barefootbooks #celebration #art #storytelling


Arkansas

Travel to Mexico and discover its many wonders, from the amazing monarch butterflies in the Highlands to a mariachi show in the village square. The rhyme and lyricism of the text is complemented by endnotes about the history of the country, national fiestas, and a glossary of simple Spanish vocabulary. (Spanish language edition)

¡Nos Vamos a Mexico!

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A Novel

From the internationally bestselling author and "prolific queen of contemporary Irish popular fiction" (The Sunday Times), a heartwarming novel set in Spain where the new tenants of a seaside apartment building test the limits of marriage, money, and ambition.

In a beautiful Southern Spanish town, where the sea sparkles and orange blossoms scent the air, the gates of a brand new apartment complex, La Joya de Andalucía, glide open to welcome the new owners.

Anna and Austen MacDonald, an Irish couple, are preparing to enjoy their retirement to the fullest. But the demands of family cause problems they could never have foreseen and shake their marriage to the core.

Sally-Ann Connolly Cooper, a feisty Texan mother of two young teenagers, is reeling from her husband's infidelity. La Joya becomes a place of solace for Sally-Ann, in more ways than one.

Eduardo Sanchez, a haughty native from Madrid, has set out with single-minded determination to become el presidente of the complex's management committee. But pride comes before a fall.

Jutta Sauer Perez, a sophisticated German who aspires to purchase her very own apartment in La Joya works hard to reach her goal. Then the unthinkable happens.

As their lives entwine and friendships and enmities develop, it becomes apparent that La Joya is not quite the haven they all expect it to be...

Orange Blossom Days

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Texas

Discovering a medieval book and a cache of letters, a motherless American girl becomes the latest in a series of historians, including her late father, who investigates the possible surviving legacy of Vlad the Impaler, a quest that takes her across Europe and into the pasts of her father and his mentor. A first novel. Reprint. 500,000 first printing.

The Historian

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California

#1 UK Bestseller "Barnett's enchanting debut imagines three possible lives, three possible love stories--each with its unique joys and sorrows--demonstrating that life has no perfect path." --People "One of the most engrossing novels either of us has read in years." --Richard Madeley, the Richard and Judy Book Club A stunning novel about the ways the smallest decisions give shape to our lives, The Versions of Us charts a relationship through three possible futures. Cambridge, 1958. Late for class, Eva Edelstein swerves to miss a dog and crashes her bike. Jim Lewis hurries to help her. In that brief moment, three outcomes are born for Eva and Jim. As the strands of their lives weave together and apart across the decades from college through wildly different successes and disappointments, seductions and betrayals, births and funerals, joys and sorrows, the only constant is the power of their connection. TheVersions of Us is a tour de force of storytelling that will enthrall readers who loved One Day and Life After Life.

The Versions of Us

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New York

The illustrated Adventures

Behold Acorna, the Unicorn Girl.

Discovered as an infant and adopted by threegruff asteroid miners, she has now grown into a beautiful youngwoman with delicate, ivory fur and silken skin, the tiny hornon her forehead is all but hidden by her silvery locks.

Acorna is known as Lukia of the Light bythe grateful children she rescued from brutal slavery in the minesof Kezdet. She is helping them recover, and enjoying life withher guardian "uncles," when she receives a mysteriousand disturbing message: There are yet more children enslavedon Kezdet, overlooked by the Child Labor League--childrensuffering a cruel, almost unimaginable fate.

Only Acorna, with her healing powers, canrescue them from the enigmatic figure known as "The Dodger." But to save the children, she must deceive Pal Kendorno, the man she is beginningto love in spite of herself.

Inspired by Anne McCaffrey's and Margaret Ball's unforgettablenovel Acorna, the soaring adventures in this extraordinaryvolume are written by some of today's most celebrated fantasyauthors, and illustrated by world-acclaimed artists. Here youwill read about (and see!):


 * Acorna's heartbreaking search forher home planet
 * Acorna's fight to stop a deadly plagueon the beautiful and fabled planet, Earth
 * Acorna's first love affair...witha human


Don't miss the wonder and excitement ofAnne McCaffrey's most beloved creation, the Unicorn Girl, broughtto life by modern fantasists Mickey Zucker-Reichert, Jody LynnNye, and Roman A. Ranieri.

These beautifully illustrated stories willdelight all who believe in the magic of truth, the healing powerof beauty--and the reality of unicorns!

Anne Mccaffrey's Unicorn Girl

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Washington

A Guide to Creating Magical Bedtime Stories for Young Children

Tonight, don't read your child a story. Instead, dim the light, lie down, and create storytelling magic. Weave a spell that will enchant your child . . .

Written by an award-winning playwright, Tell Me A Story In The Dark provides you with every tool you need to tell great and entertaining stories. In a day when parents want to spend more quality time with their children, Tell Me A Story In The Dark:

 * Shows you how to prepare and tell a story.
 * Communicates the enormous benefits--ending the bedtime battle of wills, building vocabulary, making room for effective parenting moments.
 * Provides a treasure trove of stories that parents (and grandparents) can adapt for their children.
 * Teaches you how to make up and tell your own stories.

Anyone who loves children will love this book.

Tell Me a Story in the Dark

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#paperback #novel #storytelling #family #20thcentury #rurallife #fiction #homestead #Wales #familyfiction

A complex family with a tortured secret, the Hamers live on a large homestead in Radnorshire, Wales. Idris, the unbending patriarch and tyrant of the family, is a man suspicious of any change. Etty, his indomitable wife, is a woman born into a world unequipped to deal with her. Oliver, their only son, is a junior boxing champion turned hellraising local legend. A novel concerned both with the huge changes of 20th-century rural life, and that life in its eternal details.

Addlands

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North Carolina

A Fistful of Fig Newtons 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Preschoolers will delight in creating over 500 silly story and character combinations by flipping the three sections of each die-cut page. A special activity page at the end of each book provides more interactive fun.

Great Adventure Mix-Ups

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#paperback #basketball #minnesota #community #sports #values #storytelling

A True Story

Pirates on the Prairie is a narrative documentary that chronicles the achievements of a remarkable group of athletes, the Pirates, who explode out of tiny Halstad, MN, population 500, in 1952, much to the amazement of the Minnesota media and fans who quickly learn to love them. Author, nurseryman, and American history lover Eric Bergeson, of Fertile, MN, carefully traces the development of Halstad¿s homegrown Pirates, their classmates, and families, while also bringing vividly to life the environment that nourishes them. Readers become part of the seemingly ordinary day-to-day dynamics in Halstad, from the home lives of the players to the play-by-play reports of their movements on the court¿and in the field. Gradually Pirates of the Prairie answers its fundamental question¿how did this happen? What enabled this particular group of boys, at this time, in this place, to perform the large- than-life feats that earned them third place in the 1952 Minnesota state boys basketball tournament and first in the 1953 state baseball tournament¿both against much larger, big-city schools? As excitement builds and hopes grow stronger, readers learn about¿or recall¿life in small-town America, when communities worked hands-on together to support and develop their children. At the same time, we detect a foreboding undercurrent¿a realization that this will also be a story of loss. For Pirates of the Prairie also documents a profound change in rural American culture that those with small-town roots still feel today.

Pirates on the Prairie

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Michigan

A senior editor of National Review and leading conservative spokesperson provides commentary to accompany this anthology of character-building stories from history, the Bible, and such poets as Frost and Angelou. 60,000 first printing. National ad/promo. Tour.

The Book of Virtues

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Great condition except some spotting on the back cover.

Illinois

No other people over so long a history have shown a greater knack for survival than the Italians. In this wryly affectionate book, Hofmann reveals his adopted countrymen in all their glorious paradoxes, capturing their national essence as no other book has done since Luigi Barzini's classic, The Italians. The national art of "arrangement"-- dodging taxes, double-dealing, working only as hard as one must-- is counteracted by Italian inventive genius, gusto for life, fierce individuality, deep family bonds (as well as animosities), and a marvelously hedonistic sophistication.

That Fine Italian Hand

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101 More Stories of Life, Love and Learning

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

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Pennsylvania

carols, stories, poems recollections 

Norman Rockwell's CHRISTMAS BOOK

This book shows some wear but is still wuite readable. 

Kansas

An Anthology of African-American Storytelling

A compilation of tales from Afro-American folklore by storytellers such as Zora Neale Hurston, Nikki Giovanni, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Maya Angelou.

Overflowing with wisdom and humor, here is a comprehensive collection of favorite tales from the vigorous and vibrant oral tradition of African American folklore.

Transcending a history of oppression and struggle, Black storytelling is an expression of great social complexity and profound aesthetic significance. Woven into its fabric is the essence of Black language, lifestyle, and survival. Talk That Talk contains close to one-hundred stories by famous storytellers from America, Africa, and the Caribbean--plus insightful commentaries from historians and critics. Gathered here is a tremendous range of authentic stories-- from animal tales and cherished legends to poems, raps, sermons, and heroic biographies--making this book delightful and important reading for all ages.

Among the storytellers included are Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni, Zara Neale Hurston, Dick Gregory, Leadbelly, Langston Hughes, Winnie Mandela, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Talk That Talk

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101 more stories of life, love, and learning

Chicken soup for the teenage soul II

No one can tell a story quite like Bidemmi. When she starts to draw, her imagination takes off. Enter her world, look at her pictures, and watch her stories grow and grow--just like the forest of cherry trees she imagines right on her own block.

Alexander McCall Smith

Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations

Robert Hillman; Najaf Mazari

The Honey Thief

Ree Drummond; Jacqueline Rogers (Illustrator)

Little Ree: Best Friends Forever!

Levi Black

Red Right Hand

Michael Parent; Julien Olivier

Of Kings and Fools

Leonard S. Marcus (Editor)

The Wand in the Word

Tom Graves

Moon wreck Tango

Laurie Krebs; Christopher Corr (Illustrator)

¡Nos Vamos a Mexico!

Patricia Scanlan

Orange Blossom Days

Elizabeth Kostova

The Historian

Laura Barnett

The Versions of Us

Anne McCaffrey

Anne Mccaffrey's Unicorn Girl

John Olive

Tell Me a Story in the Dark

Tom Bullough

Addlands

Jean Shepherd

A Fistful of Fig Newtons

Reader's Digest Editors (Editor)

Great Adventure Mix-Ups

Eric Bergeson; Clarence Stennes (Concept by); Kathleen Myers (Editor); Michael Aspengren (Cover Design by, Designed by)

Pirates on the Prairie

William J. Bennett; William J. Bennett

The Book of Virtues

Paul Hofmann

That Fine Italian Hand

Jack Canfield; Mark Victor Hansen; Kimberly Kirberger

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II

Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell's CHRISTMAS BOOK

Linda Goss

Talk That Talk

Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger

Chicken soup for the teenage soul II

Vera B. Williams (Illustrator)

Cherries and Cherry Pits