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"The Handbook of Denominations has been recognized as an accurate, objective, and comprehensive source of information on denominational groupings in the United States for over half a century. This new edition, offered at the dawn of a new millennium, has been thoroughly revised. However, it maintains the accessibility and readability that have been hallmarks of previous editions." "The eleventh edition presents updated entries on the major Christian denominations in the United States - their historical background, their doctrines or main teachings, and their polity or structure of governance. Included are statistics on the number of churches and church members and information about church-related schools and institutions. The Handbook also treats the major branches of Judaism and Islam that are found in the U.S."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Handbook of Denominations in the United States

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#hardcover #fiction #realisticfiction #adult #love #redemption #family #realistic #exlibrary #adultread 

A Novel

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE

In this astonishingly accomplished, morally complicated, "exceptional and starkly beautiful debut" (Kevin Powers, National Book Award-nominated author of The Yellow Birds), a prideful electrician in 1920s rural Alabama struggles to overcome past sins and find peace after being sent to prison for manslaughter.

Roscoe T Martin set his sights on a new type of power spreading at the start of the twentieth century: electricity. It became his training, his life's work. But when his wife, Marie, inherits her father's failing farm, Roscoe has to give up his livelihood, with great cost to his sense of self, his marriage, and his family. Realizing he might lose them all if he doesn't do something, he begins to use his skills as an electrician to siphon energy from the state, ushering in a period of bounty and happiness. Even the love of Marie and their child seem back within Roscoe's grasp.

Then a young man working for the state power company stumbles on Roscoe's illegal lines and is electrocuted, and everything changes: Roscoe is arrested; the farm once more starts to deteriorate; and Marie abandons her husband, leaving him to face his twenty-year sentence alone. Now an unmoored Roscoe must carve out a place at Kilby Prison. Climbing the ranks of the incarcerated from dairy hand to librarian to "dog boy," an inmate who helps the guards track down escapees, he is ultimately forced to ask himself once more if his work is just that, or if the price of his crimes--for him and his family--is greater than he ever let himself believe.

Gorgeously spare and brilliantly insightful, Work Like Any Other is "a striking debut about love and redemption, the heavy burdens of family and guilt, and learning how to escape them...Virginia Reeves is a major new talent" (Philipp Meyer, New York Times bestselling author of The Son).

Work Like Any Other

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Stick with Luck 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Art Literature, Science, and Mythology

The rainbow is the most universally enthralling phenomenon in nature. It appears in art, myth, and literature around the world as a potent symbol -- of hope, peace, and sometimes evil. The Book of Rainbows: Art, Literature, Science, & Mythology is a beautifully illustrated and substantive survey of the rainbow as it appears in science and culture through the ages, from Noah to a modern artist who built a rainbow over the United Nations. The book opens with the science of rainbows, from Aristotle to the twentieth-century discovery of the extra color, and goes on to discuss mythology and symbolism, and the rainbow in literature and art. The literary survey includes more than 50 quotations from the likes of Ovid, Shakespeare, Wordsworth, and Emily Dickinson. And the illustrations include the most glorious depictions of rainbows in the history of art. Among the dozens of artists represented are Rubens, Hokusai, Monet, Seurat, and Kandinsky. This uniquely beautiful and expansive book is as appealing as its subject.

The Book of Rainbows

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#hardcover #fairytale #frogprince #jonscieszka #silly #fiction #children #kids #livingbook

First he broke The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. Now he uncovers the awful truth--and high hilarity--of life "happily ever after". It seems that the Frog Prince doesn't think life is a bowl of duckweed--all the Princess does is nag, nag, nag. So it's off to the deep dark woods to look for a witch willing to help him out. Full color.

The Frog Prince, Continued

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#hardcover #exlibrary #kids #picturebook #pets #animals #children #childrensbook #childrens #livingbook 

Desperately wanting a pet of her own, Julia takes the baby carriage out every day to look for one.

Julia Wants a Pet

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#hardcover #history #historical #explorer #columbus #1492 #exploration #spain #sail #america 

For Gold, God and Glory

A fascinating text, full-color photographs, maps, and archival paintings create an in-depth look at the famed explorer and unravel many of the five-hundred-year-old mysteries of his historic voyages.

Columbus

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Dust jacket has wear, but book is in very good shape. 

Stories to Remember: Volume 2

A group of toy animals try various ways of rescuing Old Bear from the attic.

Old Bear

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Jorge Cruise

Count ONLY Sugar Calories and Lose up to 18 Lbs. in 2 Weeks

Supported by the latest research, a leading weight-loss expert introduces a four-week plan based on counting only sugar calories and includes shopping lists and recommended food guides.

The 100

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Jenkins shares his humorous and heartwarming memories of animal friends.

Close Friends

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Carl. Sandburg

A painter’s deeply felt images match a poet’s timeless observations about the heart of America in this profound evocation of the texture of life in the Midwest. A sophisticated and beautiful book for all ages, Grassroots is Wendell Minor’s tribute to Carl Sandburg’s work and to the Midwest upbringing they both share.


Grassroots

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Valene Vikari

Children's book that illustrates activities performed while on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

When I Grow up I'll Go on a Mission

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The eighth book finds Melanie looking into the murder of her future sister-in-law's wedding planner, dealing with the departure of her own fiance, as well as coping with the reappearance of her ex-husband, Bob.

With her former fiancee, Sam, off finding himself and their wedding plans kaput, Melanie Travis figures the only ring she'll be seeing in the near future is one where she's showing her prized poodles. But at least somebody still believes in happily ever after: her brother Frank is about to tie the knot with his true love, Bertie Kennedy. With little knowledge of tulle, favors, or hors d'oeuvres, Melanie is content to leave the nuptial arrangements to Sara Bentley, a fellow dog-handler moonlighting as a wedding coordinator. But when Sara vanishes without a trace a panicked Bertie gives Melanie a choice: either pinch-hit for Sara -- or find out where she is.

Opting for the latter, Melanie begins sniffing around into Sara's past -- and unearths far more trouble than she bargained for, when Sara's cottage burns to the ground and a woman's body is found in the rubble.

What became of Sara isn't the only mystery on Melanie's hands. For some reason, her ex-husband has resurfaced and seems to want to start up their old relationship.

Melanie soon realizes that despite the best-laid plans, anything can happen, from a rekindled romance to high-spirited canine hijinks and a surprise human pregnancy. And when it comes to Sara Bentley, nothing is certain -- except that it's up to Melanie to stop a murderer in his -- or her -- tracks.

Once Bitten

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Neat vintage sewing book! So much information and helpful instructions!

Sewing Made Easy

The Top of the Hill 

Sunset Publishing Staff

Recipe Annual, 1991

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Billy Goodman

Written by both historians and political scientists, this new essay collection explores the sources, style, and quality of Lincoln's leadership. Challenging several popular schools of thought, the contributors show that both Lincoln's character and American democratic culture influenced his leadership style. They present him as a principled leader who sought realistic solutions in extenuating circumstances. Building on the democratic principles of the nation's framers, his vision of equality was consistent with the views of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. The portrait that emerges is of an active-flexible president whose culture permitted a magnanimous and prudential political style. Lincoln's leadership encouraged the development of responsible democratic rule.

The volume places Lincoln's leadership in a historical context and within the political perspective of the influences on him and his impact on others. It also examines his leadership style in terms of the factors organization theorists consider essential for effectiveness. The initial chapters focus on the impact others had on Lincoln and how he transformed their ideas into his own political vision. The work then turns to Lincoln's political style during the Civil War and how he influenced others. The final chapter puts Lincoln's political style in the perspective of world leaders of his age. This volume will be of interest to both historians and political scientists.

Animal Homes and Societies

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A parent's love is like a brilliant diamond, shedding its light on a child in countless ways-and who better to write about it than Thomas Kinkade, the beloved Painter of Light(TM), and his wife Nanette? Their own experience with four daughters has taught them how a parent's love can take many forms: vigilant, focused, creative, compassionate, tough, playful, visionary, and releasing. Through every beautiful scene the couple illustrates our ultimate goal-a love like our heavenly Father's, giving us the ability and the will to love our children as He has loved us

The Many Loves of Parenting

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Hardcover book with 2 audiobook CDs. Ex library copy. 

Frannie goes to dinner at a brand new French restaurant and tries her hand at being a food critic, even as she starts a campaign to warn other diners that there are insects on the menu.

Check, Please!

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The Golden Bowl 

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Secret in the Matchbox 

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Victorian-style illustrations and a hilarious tongue-in-cheek text are sure to captivate any kid who's sick of being called the baby.

I'm Not a Baby!

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Where is Grandpa? This question haunts a young boy on the day his grandpa dies. Grandpa has been so richly present in so many places--at the tree house, at the waterfall, at the door ready to carve pumpkins. But where is he now? As the boy searches for an answer, he makes a surprising discovery: perhaps Grandpa is closer to home than anyone ever realized. In this deeply moving tale, the poetic words of T. A. Barron and the luminous illustrations of Chris K. Soentpiet remind us all that a family's sorrow can be shared--and that even in the greatest loss, love can still be found.

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Frank S. Mead; Samuel S. Hill

Handbook of Denominations in the United States

Virginia Reeves

Work Like Any Other

Elizabeth Johnson

Stick with Luck

Richard Whelan

The Book of Rainbows

Jon Scieszka; Steve Johnson (Illustrator)

The Frog Prince, Continued

Barbro Lindgren; Eva Eriksson (Illustrator); Elisabeth Kallick Dyssegaard (Translator)

Julia Wants a Pet

John Dyson; Peter Christopher (Photographer)

Columbus

Thomas B. Costain, John Beecroft

Stories to Remember: Volume 2

Jane Hissey (Illustrator)

Old Bear

Jorge Cruise

The 100

Peter Jenkins

Close Friends

Carl. Sandburg

Grassroots

Valene Vikari

When I Grow up I'll Go on a Mission

Laurien Berenson

Once Bitten

Mary Lynch

Sewing Made Easy

Irwin Shaw

The Top of the Hill

Sunset Publishing Staff

Recipe Annual, 1991

Billy Goodman

Animal Homes and Societies

Thomas Kinkade

The Many Loves of Parenting

A. J. Stern

Check, Please!

Henry James

The Golden Bowl

Val Willis

Secret in the Matchbox

Jill McElmurry (Illustrator)

I'm Not a Baby!

T. A. Barron

Where Is Grandpa?