Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

California

Philosophy

The blockbuster #1 national bestselling phenomenon is back... not that it ever really went away. An easily-read story which quickly demonstrates three very practical management techniques, it also includes information on several studies in medicine and in the behavioral sciences, which help readers understand why these apparently simple methods work so well with so many people. The book is brief, the language is simple, and best of all...it works.

The One Minute Manager

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Rhode Island

A young Boston trial lawyer is drawn into a case involving two industrial chemical plants and a cluster of childhood leukemia victims that is to encompass nine difficult years and bring him to near bankruptcy. Reprint. 100,0000 first printing. Tour.

A Civil Action

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#nonfiction #paperback #biography #intothewild #nationalbestseller 

Illinois

Into the wild

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#paperback #fiction #thepower #girlpower #scifi #womenandgirls #dystopian #nationalbestseller 

New York

One of the New York Times's Ten Best Books of 2017A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2017One of the Washington Post's Ten Best Books of 2017An NPR Best Book of 2017One of Entertainment Weekly's Ten Best Books of 2017A Bustle Best Book of 2017A Paste Magazine Best Novel of 2017A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2017Winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction One of President Obama's favorite reads of 2017 "The Power is our era's The Handmaid's Tale." --Ron Charles, Washington Post "Novels based on premises like the one at the core of The Power can quickly become little more than thought experiments, but Alderman dodges this trap deftly -- her writing is beautiful, and her intelligence seems almost limitless. She also has a pitch-dark sense of humor that she wields perfectly." --Michael Schaub, NPR A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice An Amazon Best Book of 2017 **WINNER OF THE 2017 BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION** What would happen if women suddenly possessed a fierce new power? In THE POWER, the world is a recognizable place: there's a rich Nigerian boy who lounges around the family pool; a foster kid whose religious parents hide their true nature; an ambitious American politician; a tough London girl from a tricky family. But then a vital new force takes root and flourishes, causing their lives to converge with devastating effect. Teenage girls now have immense physical power--they can cause agonizing pain and even death. And, with this small twist of nature, the world drastically resets. From award-winning author Naomi Alderman, THE POWER is speculative fiction at its most ambitious and provocative, at once taking us on a thrilling journey to an alternate reality, and exposing our own world in bold and surprising ways.

The Power

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#nationalbestseller #africanamerican #oprahbookclub #americanfuction #classic

From Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison comes the story of a young black girl who longs to be like the blond, blue-eyed children that America loves-a novel "so charged with pain and wonder that it becomes poetry" (The New York Times).

The Bluest Eye

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#paperback #oldschool #nationalbestseller #faulkner #bestseller

During his senior year at an elite New England prep school, a young man who had struggled to find it with his contemporaries finds his life unraveling thanks to the school's obsession with literary figures and their work during a visit from an author for whose blessing a young writer would do almost anything. By the author of This Boy's Life. A first novel. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.

Old School

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#paperback #fiction #bestseller #literature #adult #adultfiction #international #nationalbestseller 

Texas

After years of lonely political exile, Turkish poet Ka returns to Istanbul to attend his mother's funeral and learns about a series of suicides among pious girls forbidden to wear headscarves.

Snow

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#paperback #fiction #fic #nationalbestseller

A Novel

"Always readable-sometimes compulsively so-Shreve's novels are typically emotionally resonant, nicely paced, and populated by memorable characters." -People At the age of 29, Sydney has already been once divorced and once widowed. Trying to regain her footing, she has signed on to tutor the teenage daughter of a well-to-do couple as they spend a sultry summer in their oceanfront New Hampshire cottage. But when the Edwardses' two grown sons arrive at the beach house, Sydney finds herself caught up in a destructive web of old tensions and bitter divisions. As the brothers vie for her affections, the fragile existence Sydney has rebuilt is threatened. With the subtle wit, lyrical language, and brilliant insight into the human heart that has led her to be called "an author at one with her métier" (Miami Herald), Shreve weaves a novel about marriage, family, and the supreme courage it takes to love. "Shreve excels at nuance and detail. She skillfully illuminates the tiniest of moments, offering readers a peek at the complex undertones coursing through the characters throughout the story." -Rocky Mountain News "There is something satisfyingly clean, well functioning, pale, and delicious about an Anita Shreve novel. . . . Shreve's characters, grappling with desire, juggling their shame against their regret, are entirely welcome." -Boston Globe "Shreve's writing is textured, reflective, and generally flows with ease, to the point where the reader may be surprised at how quickly the pages turn." -Newsday

Body Surfing

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#paperback #fiction #thepower #girlpower #womenandgirls #nationalbestseller #obamapick #scifi 

Tennessee

#paperback #nationalbestseller #bestseller #nonfiction #survival #hermit #maine #outdoors

Colorado

The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

The unforgettable true story of Christopher Knight, who found refuge from the pressures of modern society by living alone in the Maine woods for twenty-seven years.

The Stranger in the Woods

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As the Civil Rights movement begins to reach the black enclave of Frenchtown in segregated Tallahassee, Elwood Curtis takes the words of Dr. Martin Luther King to heart: He is "as good as anyone." Abandoned by his parents, but kept on the straight and narrow by his grandmother, Elwood is about to enroll in the local black college. But for a black boy in the Jim Crow South of the early 1960s, one innocent mistake is enough to destroy the future. Elwood is sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, whose mission statement says it provides "physical, intellectual and moral training" so the delinquent boys in their charge can become "honorable and honest men." In reality, the Nickel Academy is a grotesque chamber of horrors where the sadistic staff beats and sexually abuses the students, corrupt officials and locals steal food and supplies, and any boy who resists is likely to disappear "out back." Stunned to find himself in such a vicious environment, Elwood tries to hold onto Dr. King's ringing assertion "Throw us in jail and we will still love you." His friend Turner thinks Elwood is worse than naive, that the world is crooked, and that the only way to survive is to scheme and avoid trouble. The tension between Elwood's ideals and Turner's skepticism leads to a decision whose repercussions will echo down the decades. Formed in the crucible of the evils Jim Crow wrought, the boys' fates will be determined by what they endured at the Nickel Academy.

The Nickel Boys

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Five young California homemakers forge a bond of friendship that sustains them through the turbulent 1960s and beyond. Meeting weekly, the Wednesday Sisters share a love of writing, literary classics, and the Miss America Pageant--in a moving testament to the mysterious link between friends.

The Wednesday Sisters

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#paperback #fiction #yayasiaterhood #chicklit #nationalbestseller #series #historical #southern 

Georgia

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

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#paperback #basedonatruestory #fiction #historicalfiction #nationalbestseller #nonfiction ##fiction 

Minnesota

#paperback #fiction #thepower #girlpower #womenandgirls #scifi #nationalbestseller 

New Jersey

#paperback #comingofage #NationalBestseller

It is June 1971. Dominick Pindle, a tenderhearted but aimless Massachusetts teenager, spends his nights driving around with his mother and dragging his wayward father out of bars. Late one evening, Dominick's search puts him face-to-face withhis father's seductive mistress, Edie Kramer. Instantly in lust, he begins a forbidden relationship with this beautiful, mysterious woman. Before long, though, their erotic entanglement leads to a shocking death, and Dominick discovers that the mother he betrayed hid secrets as dark and destructive as his own. Charged with the exhilarating narrative pace of a thriller and set during a complicated and explosive era, Boy Still Missing is the critically acclaimed debut novel from John Searles. It renders a deeply affecting portrait of a boy whose passage into adulthood proves as complex and impassioned as the history that unfolds before his eyes.

Boy Still Missing

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#paperback #basedonatruestory #fiction #historicalfiction #nationalbestseller #nonfiction #pulitzerprizewinner

Washington

Florida

Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

Collects top-selected postings on life and relationships from The Rumpus' popular "Dear Sugar" online column, sharing recommendations on everything from infidelity and grief to marital boredom and financial hardships. Original. 40,000 first printing.

Tiny Beautiful Things

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#nonfiction #cook #americanfoodrevolution #nationalbestseller 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The Sun Dried, Cold Pressed, Dark Roasted, Extra Virgin Story of the American Food Revolution

An entertaining compilation of essays goes inside the American food revolution to explore the growing interest in gourmet eating, chronicling the evolution of the movement and profiling those responsible for the transformation, including James Beard, Julia Child, Craig Clairborne, Alice Waters, Wolfgang Puck, Emeril Legasse, and others. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

The United States of Arugula

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#paperback #fiction #historicalfiction #ancientegypt #egypt #nationalbestseller #romance 

Raised far from the Egyptian court with her sister, Mutnodjmet, the beautiful and ambitious Nefertiti becomes the wife of the radical new pharaoh, Amunhotep, encouraging his plans to overturn Egypt's state religion and making powerful enemies in the process, while her sister, recognizing her sister's dangerous position, does what she can to protect her family. A first novel. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

Nefertiti

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#paperback #basedonatruestory #historicalfiction #nationalbestseller #fiction 

#humor #comedy #davidsedaris #autobiography #bestseller #nationalbestseller 

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

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#paperback #basedonatruestory #fiction #historicalfiction #nationalbestseller #nonfiction ##fiction #stephsbargainbooks 

Michigan

#paperback #sweetbitter #fiction #general #drama #nationalbestseller #bestseller

Massachusetts

"A year in the life of a young woman who comes to New York to discover herself"--

Ken Blanchard; Spencer Johnson

The One Minute Manager

Jonathan Harr

A Civil Action

Jon Krakauer

Into the wild

Naomi Alderman

The Power

Toni Morrison (Afterword by)

The Bluest Eye

Tobias Wolff

Old School

Orhan Pamuk

Snow

Anita Shreve

Body Surfing

Naomi Alderman

The Power

Michael Finkel

The Stranger in the Woods

Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Meg Waite Clayton

The Wednesday Sisters

Rebecca Wells

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Naomi Alderman

The Power

John Searles

Boy Still Missing

Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Cheryl Strayed

Tiny Beautiful Things

David Kamp

The United States of Arugula

Michelle Moran

Nefertiti

Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

David Sedaris

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Stephanie Danler

Sweetbitter