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Texas

Inspiring Stories of Courage, Sacrifice, and Patriotism

These stories of heroism are endless. Firefighters, police officers, building workers, medical personnel, civilian volunteers, and many more risked their lives in hopes of saving just one more life. The stories and images of these incredible events are honored in this book. With approximately 100 color photographs and inspiring text of the courage which has risen above the tragedy, this book serves as a remainder to everyone of all that's good about the spirit of America.

America's Heroes

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Jennifer Lauck

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Virginia

A Childhood Lost and Found

A poignant autobiography describes growing up in Carson City, Nevada, during the 1970s, the shattering effects of tragedy--loss, loneliness, mistreatment--on her family, and her own indomitable will to survive.

Blackbird

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#hardcover #inspiring #nonfiction #nepal #greatread

Minnesota

A Mother's Story of Hope and Love

Between the Mountain and the Sky shows us the goodness that is possible when a single person--regardless of age--takes action to help another and, in the process, changes the lives of hundreds. 

Maggie's story begins in suburban New Jersey, in a comfortable middle-class family that supports her decision to travel the world during a gap year before starting college. During her travels, the trajectory of her life alters when she has a surprise encounter with a Nepali girl breaking rocks in a quarry. Maggie decides to invest her life savings of five thousand dollars to buy a piece of land and open a children's home in Nepal.

That home becomes Kopila Valley Children's Home, and eventually, the nonprofit Maggie launches, the BlinkNow Foundation, also starts the Kopila Valley School, which provides tuition-free education for more than four hundred students. Maggie and BlinkNow's work have been recognized around the world for their innovative, sustainable work.

However, this book isn't a how-to for fledging philanthropists or nonprofit founders--it's a coming-of-age story about a young woman suspended between two worlds, as well as the love, loss, healing, and hope she experiences along the way. And Maggie's inspiring, intimate tale shows readers an important truth: the power to change the world exists within all of us.

Between the Mountain and the Sky

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How Living for What Matters Most Changes Everything 

Life On Purpose 

#Women #true #inspiring #daring #adventures #explorers

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

20 Tales of Extraordinary Women

Rebel Girls Explore    

#hardcover #biography #johngreen #nonfiction #cancer #fiction #inspiring 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl

"A memoir told through the journals, letters, and stories of young cancer patient Esther Earl."--

This Star Won't Go Out

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Alice Sebold

California

A Memoir

In a memoir hailed for its searing candor and wit, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was utterly transformed when, as an eighteen-year-old college freshman, she was brutally raped and beaten in a park near campus. What propels this chronicle of her recovery is Sebold's indomitable spirit-as she struggles for understanding ("After telling the hard facts to anyone, from lover to friend, I have changed in their eyes"); as her dazed family and friends sometimes bungle their efforts to provide comfort and support; and as, ultimately, she triumphs, managing through grit and coincidence to help secure her attacker's arrest and conviction. In a narrative by turns disturbing, thrilling, and inspiring, Alice Sebold illuminates the experience of trauma victims even as she imparts wisdom profoundly hard-won: "You save yourself or you remain unsaved."

Lucky *FREE BOOK*

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Shine

Doreen Rappaport

Excellent condition from a smoke-free home.

Ohio

The Life of Abraham Lincoln

From the time he was a young boy roaming the forests of the unsettled Midwest, Abraham Lincoln knew in his heart that slavery was deeply wrong. A voracious reader, Lincoln spent every spare moment of his days filling his mind with knowledge, from history to literature to mathematics, preparing himself to one day lead the country he loved towards greater equality and prosperity. Despite the obstacles he faced as a self-educated man from the back woods, Lincoln persevered in his political career, and his compassion and honesty gradually earned him the trust of many Americans. As president, he guided the nation through a long and bitter civil war and penned the document that would lead to the end of slavery in the United States. The passion for humanity that defined Lincoln’s life shines through in this momentous follow-up to Martin’s Big Words and John’s Secret Dreams. Told in Doreen Rappaport’s accessible, absorbing prose, and brought to life in powerful illustrations by Kadir Nelson, Abe’s Honest Words is an epic portrait of a truly great American president.

Abe's Honest Words

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Lea Michele

New York

An actress from the hit show "Glee" discusses her star-studded life and offers tips on beauty, fashion, fitness, careers, and inner strength.

Brunette Ambition

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#hardcover #family #drama #greatdepression #inspiring

Pennsylvania

From bestselling authors, Bodie and Brock Thoene, comes this compelling portrait of an American dustbowl family. Shiloh Autumn transports readers to the Great Depression to experience Depression-era life, from possum hunts to mass migration, Penny Auctions to the Veteran's March on Washington.

Shiloh Autumn

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Inspiring stories of people who find light in dark times. Senior meteorologist at Fox News! 

Missouri

Make Your Own Sunshine 

Susan B. Katz

Alaska

A Biography Book for New Readers

Discover the life of Jane Goodall--a story about curiosity, passion, and saving animals Jane Goodall is a celebrated scientist for her studies of chimpanzees in the forests of Africa. Before she observed chimps and helped save them from losing their home, Jane was a curious kid who loved learning about animals. She showed people that women could be scientists, just like men, and fought to follow her dream of working with wild chimps. Explore how Jane Goodall went from being a young nature lover in England to the most important chimpanzee expert in the world. This Jane Goodall chapter book for kids ages 6-8 includes: Word definitions--Discover helpful definitions for the more advanced words and ideas in the book. Test your knowledge--Take a quiz at the end of the book to make sure you understand the Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How of Jane Goodall's life. A lasting legacy--Learn about how Jane made the world a better place for future generations of both humans and animals. How will Jane Goodall's strong will inspire you?

The Story of Jane Goodall

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Travis Mills

Marcus Brotherton

Gary Sinise

Colorado

A retired paratrooper who became a quadruple amputee as the result of injuries sustained in an IED blast in Afghanistan, the author describes how his faith and his mantra of "never give up--never quit" has helped him rebuild his life.

Tough As They Come

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“This charming tale offers up good fodder for discussion about prejudice, discrimination, friendship and family.” - #booklist #paperback #truestory #baseball #sports #scholastic #inspiring #friendship #legends #hero 

Michigan

Based on the True Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend

Based on the true story of a boy in Brooklyn who became neighbors and friends with his hero, Jackie Robinson.Stephen Satlow is an eight-year-old boy living in Brooklyn, New York, which means he only cares about one thing-the Dodgers. Steve and his father spend hours reading the sports pages and listening to games on the radio. Aside from an occasional run-in with his teacher, life is pretty simple for Steve.But then Steve hears a rumor that an African American family is moving to his all-Jewish neighborhood. It's 1948 and some of his neighbors are against it. Steve knows this is wrong. His hero, Jackie Robinson, broke the color barrier in baseball the year before.Then it happens -- Steve's new neighbor is none other than Jackie Robinson! Steve is beyond excited about living two doors down from the Robinson family. He can't wait to meet Jackie. This is going to be the best baseball season yet! How many kids ever get to become friends with their hero?

The Hero Two Doors Down

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Katherine Boo

Alabama

Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE “Inspiring . . . extraordinary . . . [Katherine Boo] shows us how people in the most desperate circumstances can find the resilience to hang on to their humanity. Just as important, she makes us care.”—People “A tour de force of social justice reportage and a literary masterpiece.”—Judges, PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times • The Washington Post • O: The Oprah Magazine • USA Today • New York • The Miami Herald • San Francisco Chronicle • Newsday In this breathtaking book by Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human through the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in Annawadi, a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport. As India starts to prosper, the residents of Annawadi are electric with hope. Abdul, an enterprising teenager, sees “a fortune beyond counting” in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. Meanwhile Asha, a woman of formidable ambition, has identified a shadier route to the middle class. With a little luck, her beautiful daughter, Annawadi’s “most-everything girl,” might become its first female college graduate. And even the poorest children, like the young thief Kalu, feel themselves inching closer to their dreams. But then Abdul is falsely accused in a shocking tragedy; terror and global recession rock the city; and suppressed tensions over religion, caste, sex, power, and economic envy turn brutal. With intelligence, humor, and deep insight into what connects people to one another in an era of tumultuous change, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, based on years of uncompromising reporting, carries the reader headlong into one of the twenty-first century’s hidden worlds—and into the hearts of families impossible to forget. WINNER OF: The PEN Nonfiction Award • The Los Angeles Times Book Prize • The American Academy of Arts and Letters Award • The New York Public Library’s Helen Bernstein Book Award NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New Yorker • People • Entertainment Weekly • The Wall Street Journal • The Boston Globe • The Economist • Financial Times • Foreign Policy • The Seattle Times • The Nation • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • The Denver Post • Minneapolis Star Tribune • The Week • Kansas City Star • Slate • Publishers Weekly

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

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Bloomsbury Girls

China Cry

Lisa Wingate

A Novel

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes a new historical novel: the dramatic story of three young women searching for family amid the destruction of the post-Civil War South, and of a modern-day teacher who learns of their story and its vital connection to her students' lives. Bestselling author Lisa Wingate brings to life startling stories from actual "Lost Friends" advertisements that appeared in Southern newspapers after the Civil War, as newly freed slaves desperately searched for loved ones who had been sold away. Louisiana, 1875: In the tumultuous era of Reconstruction, three young women set off as unwilling companions on a perilous quest: Hannie, a freed slave; Lavinia, the pampered heir to a now destitute plantation; and Juneau Jane, Lavinia's Creole half sister. Each carries private wounds and powerful secrets as they head for Texas, following roads rife with vigilantes and soldiers still fighting a war lost a decade before. For Lavinia and Juneau Jane, the journey is one of stolen inheritance and financial desperation, but for Hannie, torn from her mother and siblings before slavery's end, the pilgrimage west reignites an agonizing question: Could her long-lost family still be out there? Beyond the swamps lie the limitless frontiers of Texas and, improbably, hope. Louisiana, 1987: For first-year teacher Benedetta Silva, a subsidized job at a poor rural school seems like the ticket to canceling her hefty student debt--until she lands in a tiny, out-of-step Mississippi River town. Augustine, Louisiana, is suspicious of new ideas and new people, and Benny can scarcely comprehend the lives of her poverty-stricken students. But amid the gnarled live oaks and run-down plantation homes lie the century-old history of three young women, a long-ago journey, and a hidden book that could change everything.

The Book of Lost Friends *First Edition*

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Salle Merrill Redfield

For anyone wanting to learn how to meditate 

Florida

A Beginner's Guide to the Art of Meditation

Intended both for beginners as well as those with experience, a concise, easy-to-follow guide by the author of the best-selling audiobook, The Celestine Meditations, shows how to achieve relaxation, peace, and happiness through meditation. Original. Tour.

The Joy of Meditating

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On New Year's Day, Alice Davis goes for a run. Her first ever. It's painful and embarrassing, but so was getting denied by the only college she cares about. Alice knows she has to stop sitting around and complaining to her best friend, Jenni, and her pet rat, Walter, about what a loser she is. But what she doesn't know is that by taking those first steps out the door, she is setting off down a road filled with new challenges--including vicious side stitches, chafing in unmentionable places,and race-paced first love--and strengthening herself to endure when the going suddenly gets tougher than she ever imagined, inOn the Road to Find Outby Rachel Toor.

On the Road to Find Out

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Alka Joshi

New Jersey

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER  A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK  "Captivated me from the first chapter to the final page."—Reese Witherspoon  Vivid and compelling in its portrait of one woman’s struggle for fulfillment in a society pivoting between the traditional and the modern, The Henna Artist opens a door into a world that is at once lush and fascinating, stark and cruel.  Escaping from an abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone to the vibrant 1950s pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the most highly requested henna artist—and confidante—to the wealthy women of the upper class. But trusted with the secrets of the wealthy, she can never reveal her own…  Known for her original designs and sage advice, Lakshmi must tread carefully to avoid the jealous gossips who could ruin her reputation and her livelihood. As she pursues her dream of an independent life, she is startled one day when she is confronted by her husband, who has tracked her down these many years later with a high-spirited young girl in tow—a sister Lakshmi never knew she had. Suddenly the caution that she has carefully cultivated as protection is threatened. Still she perseveres, applying her talents and lifting up those that surround her as she does.

The Henna Artist

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America's Heroes

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Maggie Doyne

Between the Mountain and the Sky

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Life On Purpose

Francesca Cavalio

Rebel Girls Explore

Esther Earl; Lori Earl; Wayne Earl; John Green (Introduction by)

This Star Won't Go Out

Alice Sebold

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Shine

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Lea Michele

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Janice Dean

Make Your Own Sunshine

Susan B. Katz

The Story of Jane Goodall

Alice Sebold

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Tough As They Come

Sharon Robinson

The Hero Two Doors Down

Katherine Boo

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

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China Cry

Lisa Wingate

The Book of Lost Friends *First Edition*

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On the Road to Find Out

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