Andrea Beaty

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Arizona

The Questioneers Book #1

You loved the bestselling picture books starring Rosie Revere, Ada Twist, and Iggy Peck. Now you can follow The Questioneers' further adventures in brand-new chapter books! The first installment, Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters, is a spirited story about the power of teamwork and the true meaning of home.

Rosie Revere is no stranger to flops and fails, kerfuffles and catastrophes. After all, engineering is all about perseverance! But this time, Rosie has a really important project to tackle-one that feels much bigger than herself.

Rosie's beloved Aunt Rose and her friends, the Raucous Riveters-a group of fun-loving gals who built airplanes during World War II-need help inventing something new. And Rosie is just the engineer for the job!

After one flop . . . then another . . . and another . . . Rosie starts to lose hope. But thanks to some help from her fellow Questioneers Iggy Peck and Ada Twist, Rosie gets the job done. And, along with the Riveters, she rediscovers the meaning of home.

Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters

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Tony Evans

Louisiana

Devotions to Lift You Up

"Offers a daily reading for Monday through Friday and one for the weekend ... Each entry includes a relevant Scripture reading for the day"--Publisher's description.

A Moment for Your Soul

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Marco Bussagli

Rosanna Giammanco

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

From the same series as Abrams' successful Saints: A Year in Faith and Art comes Angels: Heavenly Messengers, with representations of these celestial heralds from early Christian mosaics to the paintings of Marc Chagall. Art historian Marco Bussagli has organized the book by significant Biblical events, beginning with the Creation in Genesis and ending with John the Evangelist's vision of Heaven on Earth in Revelations; each work of art is accompanied by the Biblical passage it illustrates, along with a commentary exploring its form and meaning. In addition to seldom-seen gems, Bussagli has included favorites such as Michelangelo's Creation of Man in the Sistine Chapel, Lorenzo Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise, and Rembrandt's Sacrifice of Isaac. Here are angels as assistants, messengers, punishers, soldiers, rebels, and saviors, assembled for the delectation and delight of both art lovers and believers.

Angels

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Mary Lou Quinlan

When Mary Lou Quinlan's beloved mother, Mary Finlayson, dies, her family is bereft--until Mary Lou searches for her mother's "God Box," her private cache of notes to God on behalf of family, friends and strangers. To Mary Lou's amazement, she finds not one but ten boxes stuffed with hundreds of tiny petitions that spanned the last twenty years of her mother's life.

Note by note, Mary Lou unearths a treasure of her mother's wishes and worries and insight. Mary asked God for everything from the right flooring for her daughter's home to a cure for her own blood cancer. Her requests, penned on scraps of paper, were presented without expectation--the ultimate expression of letting go.

Follow Mary Lou's emotional journey as she uncovers her mother's innermost thoughts--nostalgic, surprising and even a bit shocking. As she recalls life with the woman who was her best friend, Mary Lou also discovers her own more empathetic, engaged self--the woman her mother had believed in all along.

Poignantly written and beautifully designed, The God Box is a gift for every mother, every daughter, every person who, regardless of beliefs, trusts in the permanence of love and the power of family.

The God Box

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Rachel C. Weingarten

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Channeling Your Faith 365 Days of the Year

Find daily comfort in ancient prayers. This collection offers inspiration and wisdom gathered from biblical texts and prayers by early philosophers, poets, and spiritual leaders. Designed to ground us and help us put things into perspective, these bite-sized lessons remind us to appreciate the truly important things in life and not lose sight of the higher power that guides us all.

Ancient Prayer

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Carley Roney

Cakes; Bouquets and Centerpieces; Vows and Toasts; and Details

Filled with beautiful and inspiring photos and unique ideas, the number one wedding brand in the world collects four 96-page mini books, which include the best wedding cakes, bouquets and centerpieces, vows and readings and other style details.

The Knot Little Books of Big Wedding Ideas

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Vicki Lansky

Offers one hundred one ways for grandparents to express their love, including planting a tree upon the birth of each grandchild, having a secret handshake, and letting your grandchild record a message on your answering machine

101 Ways to Spoil Your Grandchild

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Karen M. Kostyal

Birds

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Marfe Ferguson Delano

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Bobbie Kalman

Introduces raccoons and their young, describing physical characteristics, life cycle, habitats, communication skills, and the caring behavior of mother raccoons.

Baby Raccoons

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#hardcover #nonfiction #bodymindspirit #fiction #greatsecret #thesecret #universe #selfhelp 

Connecticut

Argues that The Secret, a way of thinking, has been found in oral traditions throughout history and that by understanding it and using it in every aspect of life, money, health, and happiness will follow.

The Secret

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John MacArthur

Discovering the God of the Bible

The Bible's teaching on God's love, holiness, and sovereignty is often met with questions about human responsibility, suffering, and evil. If God is in control of everything, can we make free choices? If God is good and all-powerful, how can we account for natural disasters and moral atrocities? Answers to these questions are often filled with technical jargon and personal assumptions that don't take into account the full scope of biblical truth.

In None Other: Discovering the God of the Bible, Dr. John MacArthur shows that the best way to discover the one true God is not through philosophical discourse but a careful study of Scripture--the primary place where God has chosen to reveal Himself.

None Other

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#hardcover #supremecourt #sandradayoconnor 

Kentucky

Growing up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest

The first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court describes how her early life and experiences growing up on a cattle ranch in Arizona and how the land, people, and values she learned shaped her life and made her into the self-reliant woman she is today. 100,000 first printing.

Lazy B

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Awesome book about the history and creation of the U.S. Air Force. Missing the cover. #airforce #militaryhistory

A History of the U. S. Air Force, 1947-2007

The second edition of Beyond the Wild Blue, an update of the popular history originally released in 1997, is a fascinating look at sixty turbulent years of Air Force history. From the prop-driven armada of World War II to the most advanced Stealth weaponry, from pioneers like General Henry "Hap" Arnold to glorious conquests in the Gulf War, Beyond the Wild Blue is a high-flying study of the triumphs (and failures) of leadership and technology.In three new chapters, Walter Boyne covers an eventful ten years, including 9/11, the invasion of Afghanistan, and the second Gulf War, describing in detail the technological advancements that led to highly efficient airstrikes in Iraq. He also takes stock of the Air Force's doctrine and mission statements as this unique sector of the military grapples with an ever-changing world.

Beyond the Wild Blue

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The USS Dale from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay

"What was life like on a destroyer during World War II? Find out by reading Michael Keith Olson's superb telling of tales of the war in the Pacific as seen from the deck of a very luck 'tin can"... The son of a former Dale crewman, Olson interviewed 44 veterans and delved deeply into official documents to give this book the air of authenticity that puts the reader in the heart of the action.



"Tales from a Tin Can is the first oral history of one combat ship's adventures, sometimes comic, sometimes mundane, sometimes heart wrenching, over the entire course of America's involvement in the Pacific. An impressive accomplishment and highly recommended."

WWII History



"This fascinating book captures not only the furious clashes with the Japanese but also the humdrum days in-between and the heart-stopping encounters with typhoons that could be as lethal as any engagement with the enemy. Anyone interested in stories from World War II will find this well-illustrated account of the naval campaign in the Pacific fascinating."

Register -Pajaronian



Looking up from his newspaper from where he sat on the deck of the destroyer USS Dale, Harold Reichert could see the pilot plain as day--the leather helmet with chin strap, the goggles, and then the red rising sun painted on the planes fuselage. "I saw the torpedo drop and watched as it ran up on the old Utah." It was daybreak at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the beginning of the war, and the Dale was there; she would serve until the end, when the atomic bombs were dropped and Japan surrendered.



In the words of those who manned her, the Dales war comes vividly to life in this first oral history of a combat ship from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay. From carrier raids on Midway, Guadalcanal, and the Solomons to the bombarding of Saipan and Guam in the capture of the Marianas, from the Aleutians in the far north to strikes on Tokyo and Kobe, Tales from a Tin Can recreates the action aboard the Dale, and conveys as never before the true grit of wartime on a destroyer.

Tales from a Tin Can

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Speaking My Mind

Finding God's Goodness in the Broken and the Beautiful

Katie Davis Majors details her unusual courtship and marriage as well as the recent birth of her first son. Major shares her ongoing experiences in Uganda as the adoptive mother to thirteen girls and describes how she's wrestled through the darkness of disappointment to find the answer to whether God truly is good. Print run 100,000.

Daring to Hope

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A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else

In his fifties, Michael Gates Gill had it all: a big house in the suburbs, a loving family, and a top job at an ad agency with a six-figure salary. By the time he turned sixty, he had lost everything except his Ivy League education and his sense of entitlement. First, he was downsized at work. Next, an affair ended his twenty-year marriage. Then, he was diagnosed with a slow-growing brain tumor, prognosis undetermined. Around the same time, his girlfriend gave birth to a son. Gill had no money, no health insurance, and no prospects.

One day as Gill sat in a Manhattan Starbucks with his last affordable luxury—a latt —brooding about his misfortune and quickly dwindling list of options, a 28-year-old Starbucks manager named Crystal Thompson approached him, half joking, to offer him a job. With nothing to lose, he took it, and went from drinking coffee in a Brooks Brothers suit to serving it in a green uniform. For the first time in his life, Gill was a minority--the only older white guy working with a team of young African-Americans. He was forced to acknowledge his ingrained prejudices and admit to himself that, far from being beneath him, his new job was hard. And his younger coworkers, despite having half the education and twice the personal difficulties he’d ever faced, were running circles around him.

The other baristas treated Gill with respect and kindness despite his differences, and he began to feel a new emotion: gratitude. Crossing over the Starbucks bar was the beginning of a dramatic transformation that cracked his world wide open. When all of his defenses and the armor of entitlement had been stripped away, a humbler, happier and gentler man remained. One that everyone, especially Michael’s kids, liked a lot better.

The backdrop to Gill's story is a nearly universal cultural phenomenon: the Starbucks experience. In How Starbucks Saved My Life, we step behind the counter of one of the world's best-known companies and discover how it all really works, who the baristas are and what they love (and hate) about their jobs. Inside Starbucks, as Crystal and Mike’s friendship grows, we see what wonders can happen when we reach out across race, class, and age divisions to help a fellow human being.

How Starbucks Saved My Life

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

How God's Covenant Enriches Our Lives

Like many of us, T. M. Moore once viewed the Bible as little more than a handbook on conversion and moral living. Then he came to see the larger view set forth in the biblical teaching on God's covenant. Moore writes, I began to see that all of life is there for taking and remaking--a richer devotional life, sustained growth in the Lord, renewed and more loving relationships, meaningful work and leisure, and the calling to transform every institution, all of culture and society, according to the wisdom and grace of God. I had never heard the Christian faith explained in such cosm and powerful terms. I was stunned. Where had I been? Why was my own experience of Christ so shallow and self-centered?...All at once, as if in a moment, I experienced a stretching of my mind, a reenergizing of my soul, and a kindling of fervor in my heart such as I had never known before. I Will Be Your God is dedicated to encouraging such an outlook on life by promoting a better understanding of the nature, meaning, and implications of living in God's covenant

I Will Be Your God

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#hardcover #happiness #hardback #selfhelp #nonfiction #biography #nytimesbestseller #memoir 

Washington

Gretchen Rubin had an epiphany one rainy afternoon in the unlikeliest of places: a city bus. "The days are long, but the years are short," she realized. "Time is passing, and I'm not focusing enough on the things that really matter." In that moment, she decided to dedicate a year to her happiness project. In this lively and compelling account of that year, Rubin carves out her place alongside the authors of bestselling memoirs such as Julie and Julia, The Year of Living Biblically, and Eat, Pray, Love. With humor and insight, she chronicles her adventures during the twelve months she spent test-driving the wisdom of the ages, current scientific research, and lessons from popular culture about how to be happier. Rubin didn't have the option to uproot herself, nor did she really want to; instead she focused on improving her life as it was. Each month she tackled a new set of resolutions: give proofs of love, ask for help, find more fun, keep a gratitude notebook, forget about results. She immersed herself in principles set forth by all manner of experts, from Epicurus to Thoreau to Oprah to Martin Seligman to the Dalai Lama to see what worked for her—and what didn't. Her conclusions are sometimes surprising—she finds that money can buy happiness, when spent wisely; that novelty and challenge are powerful sources of happiness; that "treating" yourself can make you feel worse; that venting bad feelings doesn't relieve them; that the very smallest of changes can make the biggest difference—and they range from the practical to the profound. Written with charm and wit, The Happiness Project is illuminating yet entertaining, thought-provoking yet compulsively readable. Gretchen Rubin's passion for her subject jumps off the page, and reading just a few chapters of this book will inspire you to start your own happiness project.

The Happiness Project

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Sidney Sheldon

"Memoir of entertainment legend Sidney Sheldon, now 88 years old, an Academy Award-winning screenwriter and creator of many television hits"--Provided by publisher.

The Other Side of Me

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Peggy Wolff Lewis

A family saga moving from 1930’s Wyoming, through 1950’s Spain and Kenya to end of the century Texas and Tanzania, Crossing Stars tells the story of three generations of the Creightons. Phillip Creighton faces his diagnosis of cancer alone, except for his long-time friend, Pedro. As he looks back on his life—his humble beginning in Wyoming, the Cambridge education his father struggled so hard to give him, his painful love affairs—he realizes the life he has missed with his daughter and son. Phillip is consumed with guilt for having abandoned his children and now he faces a choice—one which will affect their lives as well as his own. As their lives come together, will Phillip be given the second chance to heal his wounded heart and become the father he had wanted to be?

Texas

When Phillip Creighton faces his diagnosis of cancer alone, he thinks back on his humble beginnings and painful love affairs. Moving from 1930's Wyoming, through 1950's Spain and Kenya, to modern Texas and Tanzania, Crossing Stars tells the story of three generations and one man's chance to become the father he had wanted to be.

Crossing Stars

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Elvie Wilkenson

Tempting New Ideas

Tuna for Today

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Jason Oberholtzer

To survive in today's gig economy, you must be a mover, a shaker, a doer, and a maker. In The Hustle Economy, we give you 25 essays from founders, writers, producers, game makers, artists, and creative types from every path who share one common trait -- they are all self-made hustlers who have managed to turn their creativity into careers.

In this collection you will find essays from:

Producer and performer Mike Rugnetta on why "Do what you love" is both the best and worst piece of advice you'll ever receive.
Author, television writer, and humorist Emma Koenig on staying focused and productive no matter what life throws at you.
Web comic Zach Weinersmith on the equation for success and using your creativity to do what the rest of us won't.
Trendspotter Jess Kimball Leslie on identifying your skills and turning it into a successful career.

This book exists to inspire and inform. Your creative career is attainable, and we'll show you how to do it and why it's worth it.

Complete list of essayists: Nick Douglas, Ben Grelle (aka The Frogman), Adrian Sanders, Farah Khalid, Mike Rugnetta, Emma Koenig, Asha Dornfest, Kelsey Hanson, MÃ³a GuzmÃ¡ Thomas Leveritt, Casey Bowers, Josephine Decker, Donna Salgado, Alex Pearlman, Dante Shepherd, Brad O'Farrell, Jess Kimball Leslie, Meredith Haggerty, Alex Larsen, Nancy Zastudil, Lee LeFever, Jeff Wysaski, Zach Weinersmith

Transforming Your Creativity into a Career

"Advice from 25 creative entrepreneurs"--Cover.

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