John Hooper

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Pennsylvania

Explores the history, culture, and religion of the Italian people, shedding new light on many aspects of Italian life.

The Italians

1846129e-542a-488e-838a-741bc22759f4-1

#paperback #nonfiction #erwinwlutzer #church #christian #christianity #faith #culture #theology #bible

Heeding the Call to Be a Light in Darkness

OVER 50,000 COPIES SOLD!

How do we live faithfully in a country becoming more and more hostile to our faith in Christ?

Like the Israelites in Babylon, we must find a way to maintain our faith in the midst of a pagan culture. But that requires we answer two crucial questions:

 * How did we get here?
 * How do we prepare for the dark and difficult days ahead?

In The Church in Babylon, Dr. Lutzer answers both of these questions. He will walk you through the many parallels between the church in America and God's people in Babylon, and embolden you to be a gospel witness. You'll be encouraged not to compromise your faith even when under constant pressure from all corners of society. And more than all this you will have a fresh encounter with Jesus Christ, as you consider the biblical role of those in exile.

The Church in Babylon

95d860b0-6d27-495a-aac1-480a2f11ff3d-1

Sarah Stewart

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Virginia

Hannah, a young Amish girl, tells her "silent friend"--her diary--about all the wondrous experiences she has on her first trip to the city. By the creators of The Gardener.

The Journey

7d99eb9b-9726-4969-832e-40139924359d-1

George Spindler

Janice E. Stockard

Some highlighted sections and pencil marks

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Born in One World, Living in Another

Explore cultural change with GLOBALIZATION AND CHANGE IN FIFTEEN CULTURES: BORN IN ONE WORLD, LIVING IN ANOTHER! Composed of original articles, this anthology brings anthropology to life and reflects a world changed by globalization and an anthropology committed to documenting the effects of the vast cultural flows of people, information, goods, and technology, now in motion the world over. Examples of global coverage include the Bedouin in Sudan, Mardu in Australia, Sambia in New Guinea, Canela in Brazil, Yolmo in Nepal, Ju/Hoansi in Namibia, Minangkabau in Sumatra, Scottish crofters, Greek villagers, Chinese minorities, the Aztecs and Yucatecans in Mexico, and Mexican immigrants, African-American gang members, and Wisconsin town residents in the U.S.A.

Globalization and Change in Fifteen Cultures

78a4c416-b547-415a-b7f6-169ef65cc054-0

Thirteen humorous tales, incorporating Old World charm and a bit of chutzpah, come together to weave a lively entertaining book that has both universal truths and important life lessons. Reprint.

Cover shows some shelf wear. Pages in excellent condition. Free of markings. #holidayreads #jewishfables #culture #multicultural 

Florida

Tales My Zayda Told Me

Kibitzers and Fools

Holly Whitaker

The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The founder of the first female-focused recovery program offers a groundbreaking look at alcohol and a radical new path to sobriety. “You don’t know how much you need this book, or maybe you do. Either way, it will save your life.”—Melissa Hartwig Urban, Whole30 co-founder and CEO We live in a world obsessed with drinking. We drink at baby showers and work events, brunch and book club, graduations and funerals. Yet no one ever questions alcohol’s ubiquity—in fact, the only thing ever questioned is why someone doesn’t drink. It is a qualifier for belonging and if you don’t imbibe, you are considered an anomaly. As a society, we are obsessed with health and wellness, yet we uphold alcohol as some kind of magic elixir, though it is anything but. When Holly Whitaker decided to seek help after one too many benders, she embarked on a journey that led not only to her own sobriety, but revealed the insidious role alcohol plays in our society and in the lives of women in particular. What’s more, she could not ignore the ways that alcohol companies were targeting women, just as the tobacco industry had successfully done generations before. Fueled by her own emerging feminism, she also realized that the predominant systems of recovery are archaic, patriarchal, and ineffective for the unique needs of women and other historically oppressed people—who don’t need to lose their egos and surrender to a male concept of God, as the tenets of Alcoholics Anonymous state, but who need to cultivate a deeper understanding of their own identities and take control of their lives. When Holly found an alternate way out of her own addiction, she felt a calling to create a sober community with resources for anyone questioning their relationship with drinking, so that they might find their way as well. Her resultant feminine-centric recovery program focuses on getting at the root causes that lead people to overindulge and provides the tools necessary to break the cycle of addiction, showing us what is possible when we remove alcohol and destroy our belief system around it. Written in a relatable voice that is honest and witty, Quit Like a Woman is at once a groundbreaking look at drinking culture and a road map to cutting out alcohol in order to live our best lives without the crutch of intoxication. You will never look at drinking the same way again.

Quit Like a Woman

a19b4c33-f115-4c78-83d6-5c969284d451-1



🫶🏼 This is just a fun way for me to distribute the ARCs I no longer need! 

🌈 All ARCs have been released already, but are still very recent. 

👍🏼 All sales are final. I am not profiting off of these arcs in any way.




Texas

Blind Date With an ARC: Culture & History

#nonfiction #bestseller #narrative #journalism #culture #masculinity #thesouth #civilwar #memory 

New York

Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War

A journalist leads readers on a revealing journey through the Old South, tangling with the forces of white rage, rebel grit, and regional pride in places where the Civil War is more than a memory

Confederates in the Attic

5d6d7240-9e2a-4589-861b-c87346ff8fdc

Nicholas Faith

Andy Katz

Robert M. Parker

Burgundy, France's historic wine region, is a unique mix of, old towns and vineyards, of great wines, and of thousands of individualistic wine-makers, brokers and merchants. This title takes the reader on a journey where the temptation to linger is irresistible - from the gentle slopes of the Cote d'Or to the treasures of Dijon.

Burgundy and Its Wines

adda80c4-a799-4f0c-8219-7f79fbfe8362-0

#hardcover #nonfiction #biography #henriettalacks #hbo #biology #culture #bestseller

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

California

Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization and gene mapping.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

e7017c10-13fa-412e-8548-59cadeb2f164-1

#paperback #nonfiction #selfhelp #psychology #sociology #society #relationships #socialsciences #history #culture 

With eye-opening statistics, original data, and vivid portraits of people who live alone, renowned sociologist Eric Klinenberg upends conventional wisdom to deliver the definitive take on how the rise of going solo is transforming the American experience.

            Klinenberg shows that most single dwellers--whether in their twenties or eighties--are deeply engaged in social and civic life. There's even evidence that people who live alone enjoy better mental health and have more environmentally sustainable lifestyles. Drawing on more than three hundred in-depth interviews, Klinenberg presents a revelatory examination of the most significant demographic shift since the baby boom and offers surprising insights on the benefits of this epochal change.

Going Solo : The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone

678c8066-4af9-4cfc-a9dc-a4d14f5324b2-1

Book is clean, but some pages are wrinkled or folded. There is a wrinkle on the corner and spine. Shows signs of being read. 

New Jersey

Maureen Callahan

Sara Stewart

The Rise and Rise of Lady Gaga

The first ever biography of singer, composer, songwriter, designer, performance artist, and general phenomenon Lady Gaga.


Lady Gaga is a once-in-a-decade artist/cultural event, and the rare instant celebrity who deserves and can sustain biographical treatment. No other music star of the last decade combines the talents Lady Gaga possesses: she's a genuine singer, composer, songwriter, designer, and performance artist, who has also used technology and social media to shape her art and career. In just 15 months, she has become a demographic-smashing pop icon with global reach and impact.

Not since Madonna's breakout success in the mid-eighties has the world witnessed the advent of a pop-culture provocateur who mixes high-and-low culture, the avant-garde with the accessible, "downtown" authenticity with the sheen of glamorous artifice. She has quickly engendered such a symbiotic relationship with her rabid fan base that they've taken to dressing as she does, imitating her hair and make-up in tribute. Gaga, too, is a cultural shape-shifter, allowing her fans to project their needs, wants, confusions, and desires onto her.
 
This is a must-read for Gaga fans, who, devoted as they are, know next to nothing about who she is and how she got that way, as well as for anyone who has heard "Pokerface" and is curious about America's latest over-the-top cultural success story.

Poker Face

487290d7-8808-4bc0-9319-3a181a03ef49-1

Michael S. Sanders

A little sticker residue on bottom of bind cover (see pic). Otherwise great condition

North Carolina

Seasons of a French Village and Its Restaurant

From Here, You Can't See Paris is a sweet, leisurely exploration of the life of Les Arques (population 159), a hilltop village in a remote corner of France, untouched by the modern era. It is a story of a dying village's struggle to survive, of a dead artist whose legacy began its rebirth, and of chef Jacques Ratier and his wife, Noëlle, whose bustling restaurant -- the village's sole business -- has helped ensure its future. The author set out to explore the inner workings of a French restaurant kitchen but ended up stumbling onto a wider, much richer world. Whether uncovering the darker secrets of making foie gras, hearing a chef confess his doubts about the Michelin star system, or absorbing the lore of the land around a farmhouse kitchen table after a boar hunt, Michael Sanders learned that life in Les Arques was anything but sleepy. Through the eyes of the author and his family, the reader enters this world, discovers its still-vibrant traditions of food, cooking, and rural living, and comes to know the village's history, sharing along the way an American family's adventures as they find their way in a place that is sometimes lonely, often wondrous, and always fascinating.

From Here, You Can't See Paris

0d5a73c7-d6b8-4c27-a52c-626092b9683c-1

Katherine Crowley

Kathi Elster

Utah

Freeing Yourself from Emotional Traps at Work

This authoritative manual provides valuable insights for turning conflicts inthe workplace into productive working relationships.

Working with You Is Killing Me

2a7e19a8-415e-41ef-80cb-3919018f4d15-1

collection of essays about pop culture by well-known figures 

Real Introductions to Totally Made-Up Books

A great foreword is more than just a few pages of self-indulgent frippery that comes before a book. A great foreword adds zest. It sets the stage for the page turner you're about to open, and perhaps even puts you in the locked room where a mystery happens or in the high-button shoes of a year gone by. A great foreword—sometimes—is even better than the book it precedes. So why not skip the boring actual-book part? Moving Foreword is a collection of introductions to imaginary books, written by real celebrities, comedians, musicians, and other writers with something to say. With a real foreword by Rainn Wilson, this book offers a no-holds-barred cacophony of laugh-out-loud funny, poignant, and thought-provoking writing that tackles everything from politics to pop culture, true crime to trout fishing, and Star Wars to skin flicks. Highlights include: • Bustin' Through: Confessions of a Kool-Aid Man Foreword by "Pop Candy" columnist Whitney Matheson • Phil Rosenthal's Who's the Boss?: My Unlikely Rise to Rock Stardom Foreword by "Bruce Springsteen" (Phil Rosenthal) • Keep Your Gaze on Me: A True Story of Social Media, Obsession, and Murder Foreword by Shirley Manson, lead vocalist of Garbage • Sock Puppet Mozart: The Life and Gruesome Death of Randy Masterson Foreword by actor Thomas Lennon • Vance DeGeneris: An Unauthorized Biography Foreword by Vance DeGeneres • Everything You Need to Know About Massachusetts Fish and Wildlife Regulations Foreword by New Kids on the Block member Jonathan Knight • Fly Ball: How the New York Yankees Have Changed Lives Foreword by talk show host Jerry Springer • Terrible Band Names: A Chronology of Rock History Foreword by John Ondrasik, a.k.a. Five for Fighting • God's Wow, You're All F***ing This Up Big Time Foreword by singer-songwriter Mary Lambert . . . any many more!

Moving Foreword

216ecbf6-1b7a-4036-b8b6-10b66d42e1f4-1

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides is a gripping novel that delves into the complexities of cultural heritage, family life, and coming of age. The story follows Calliope Stephanides, a hermaphrodite, and the struggles they face in discovering their true identity. Set against the backdrop of Detroit and Greece, Middlesex is a thought-provoking and beautifully written piece of fiction.

This trade paperback edition published by Picador measures 8.2 inches in length, 5.5 inches in width, and 1 inch in height. It contains 544 pages and weighs 17.1 ounces. Originally published in 2003, Middlesex is an English-language novel that falls under the genre of literary fiction. It is a must-read for anyone interested in exploring the complexities of identity and the immigrant experience.

Alabama

Middlesex: A Novel - Paperback By Eugenides, Jeffrey - GOOD

Vine Deloria

474 Pages. Numerous B&W photos. The reason it is listed at good condition is because of the cover. Otherwise I would have listed it Excellent.All pages clean and intact.

Nevada

A Chronicle of Indian-White Relations from Prophecy to the Present, 1492-1992

Native American Testimony

76164ec8-dbe9-4ee2-92d7-0a845b48bfff-1

Gene Luen Yang

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

New Hampshire

Gene Luen Yang was the fifth the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and is a MacArthur Fellow, a recipient of what's popularly known as the MacArthur "Genius" Grant.

A tour-de-force by New York Times bestselling graphic novelist Gene Yang, American Born Chinese tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters: Jin Wang, who moves to a new neighborhood with his family only to discover that he's the only Chinese-American student at his new school; the powerful Monkey King, subject of one of the oldest and greatest Chinese fables; and Chin-Kee, a personification of the ultimate negative Chinese stereotype, who is ruining his cousin Danny's life with his yearly visits. Their lives and stories come together with an unexpected twist in this action-packed modern fable. American Born Chinese is an amazing ride, all the way up to the astonishing climax.

American Born Chinese is the winner of the 2007 Michael L. Printz Award, a 2006 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature, the winner of the 2007 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New, an Eisner Award nominee for Best Coloring, a 2007 Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, and a New York Times bestseller.

This title has Common Core Connections

American Born Chinese

0abbc47e-ee01-4b8f-b082-dde500b51fc7

Like New* does have sharpie writing on front cover see picture; other than that book is New 

Discover 500 of the most innovative, influential, and enduring products from the last five centuries in one compact and highly collectable volume. The Design Book presents iconic pieces by Le Corbusier, Philippe Starck, the Eames, and the Apple design team, alongside classic objects such as the paper clip, the hurricane lantern, and the martini glass. Each entry pairs an image with a descriptive caption, providing accessible information about the product, designer, manufacturer, and history. Take an extraordinary journey through the objects that have improved our functionality, shaping our society and culture today. 

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

Discover 500 of the most innovative, influential, and enduring products from the last five centuries in one compact and highly collectable volume. The Design Book presents iconic pieces by Le Corbusier, Philippe Starck, the Eames, and the Apple design team, alongside classic objects such as the paper clip, the hurricane lantern, and the martini glass. Each entry pairs an image with a descriptive caption, providing accessible information about the product, designer, manufacturer, and history. Take an extraordinary journey through the objects that have improved our functionality, shaping our society and culture today.

The Design Book

5e3e065c-cb52-44ad-8b35-a396198841de-1

The Unmaking of America: a Recent History

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * When did America give up on fairness? The author of Fantasyland tells the epic history of how America decided that big business gets whatever it wants, only the rich get richer, and nothing should ever change--and charts a way back to the future.
 
"Essential, absorbing . . . a graceful, authoritative guide . . . a radicalized moderate's moderate case for radical change."--The New York Times Book Review

During the twentieth century, America managed to make its economic and social systems both more and more fair and more and more prosperous. A huge, secure, and contented middle class emerged. All boats rose together. But then the New Deal gave way to the Raw Deal. Beginning in the early 1970s, by means of a long war conceived of and executed by a confederacy of big business CEOs, the superrich, and right-wing zealots, the rules and norms that made the American middle class possible were undermined and dismantled. The clock was turned back on a century of economic progress, making greed good, workers powerless, and the market all-powerful while weaponizing nostalgia, lifting up an oligarchy that served only its own interests, and leaving the huge majority of Americans with dwindling economic prospects and hope.

Why and how did America take such a wrong turn? In this deeply researched and brilliantly woven cultural, economic, and political chronicle, Kurt Andersen offers a fresh, provocative, and eye-opening history of America's undoing, naming names, showing receipts, and unsparingly assigning blame--to the radical right in economics and the law, the high priests of high finance, a complacent and complicit Establishment, and liberal "useful idiots," among whom he includes himself.

Only a writer with Andersen's crackling energy, deep insight, and ability to connect disparate dots and see complex systems with clarity could make such a book both intellectually formidable and vastly entertaining. And only a writer of Andersen's vision could reckon with our current high-stakes inflection point, and show the way out of this man-made disaster.

Evil Geniuses

614ec7bd-78ee-4db2-8050-889872856162-1

Ohio

Vintage 1982

Yugoslavia, A Country Study

J. Ryan Stradal

MIDWESTERN CHEF Lars Thorvald
has three loves in his life-his
kitchen; his wife, Cynthia; and his
newborn daughter, Eva. When Cynthia falls in love with wine- and a dashing sommelier he's left to raise Eva on his own, and devotes his life to sharing his passions with his only child, start-
ing with puréed pork shoulder.
After a childhood shaken by tragedy, Eva will find solace and salvation in the flavors of her native Minnesota. She is blessed with a once-in-a-generation palate and ultimately becomes the mysterious chef behind the most sought-after dinner reservation in the country.
With a voice like no other, J. Ryan Stradal delves into the American heartland, sweeping the vast landscape of Lutheran church bake-offs, chili-pepper-eating contests, and the opening of
deer season to capture the zeitgeist of the Midwest and the rise of foodie culture. 

Follows Eva Thorvald's life journey, rooted in the foods of Minnesota and growing into a legendary, sought-after chef.

Browse by categories

Save this search

John Hooper

The Italians

Erwin W. Lutzer

The Church in Babylon

Sarah Stewart

The Journey

George Spindler; Janice E. Stockard

Globalization and Change in Fifteen Cultures

Simms Taback

Kibitzers and Fools

Holly Whitaker

Quit Like a Woman

Blind Date

Blind Date With an ARC: Culture & History

Tony Horwitz

Confederates in the Attic

Nicholas Faith; Andy Katz; Robert M. Parker

Burgundy and Its Wines

Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Eric Klinenberg

Going Solo : The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone

Holly Whitaker

Quit Like a Woman

Maureen Callahan; Sara Stewart

Poker Face

Michael S. Sanders

From Here, You Can't See Paris

Katherine Crowley; Kathi Elster

Working with You Is Killing Me

Jon Chattman (Editor)

Moving Foreword

Jeffrey Eugenides

Middlesex: A Novel - Paperback By Eugenides, Jeffrey - GOOD

Vine Deloria

Native American Testimony

Gene Luen Yang

American Born Chinese

Editors of Phaidon (Editor)

The Design Book

Kurt Andersen

Evil Geniuses

Richard F. Nyrop

Yugoslavia, A Country Study

J. Ryan Stradal

Kitchens of the Great Midwest

Heidi E. Y. Stemple; Jane Yolen; Juliet Stevenson

World of Dance