#hardcover #life #fiction #family #general #romance #ove #stories 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

California

Brief Encounters of the Romantic Kind

"In Pianos and Flowers we are invited, through the medium of sepia images, to glimpse a world long departed. In these stories, inspired by long-lost photographs, the lives of the people in the frame are imagined and then explored, layer by layer. What must have it like to be them? We hold our breath for them. Our heart beats faster for them. We look again at the photograph in a new light, and say Yes, it might have happened just like that. This journey of exploration takes us to some exotic places. We share the lives of three sisters, brought up in Penang. We read of what happened to them, and to their Chinese neighbors caught in the tides of war. We see a group of small boys in a Glasgow slum, their young lives stunted by poverty, and hear how life worked out in contrasting ways for them. We follow a young woman's search for love in the unlikely realm of Egyptian antiquities. And through all of these photographs, and all of these stories, there runs the same refrain: the possibilities of love, of friendship, of happiness lie before us. There are big stories in these simple pictures. At first glance the photographs may seem unexceptional: the mere freezing of a moment in time. But delve deeper and you will realize that these photographs speak volumes"--

Pianos and Flowers

5dcba3b3-7167-4adc-90a3-35a88a2bbd6a-1

Robert H. Weinberg

Stefan R. Dziemianowicz

Martin H. Greenberg

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

South Dakota

100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories

17e734d7-a28f-41ef-85f7-cb801eaad3af-1

Myron Beck

Richard A. Wolters

Georgia

Classic Stories about Smart Dogs

Foreword by Richard A. Wolters, photographs by Myron Beck. A perfect book for both dog lovers and lovers of literature, filled with nine classic short stories about dogs and wonderful color photographs. Includes Dorothy Parker, James Thurber, Ring Lardner, Don Marquis, O. Henry. Robert Benchley, and more, 20 color photographs, plus spot art and borders throughout.

Dog Tales

d6c05931-1ab6-46e5-8271-c3fcff042436-1

Doug Dorst

Pennsylvania

A volume of stories by the PEN/Hemingway Award runner-up author of Alive in Necropolis features such protagonists as an aging surfing champion who meditates on the sport's new generation, an acerbic botanist who draws uproarious biographical sketches and two drifters who share misadventures from their dilapidated car.

The Surf Guru

2c59db05-13c1-418f-9471-41d889d92a3c-1

Beatrix Potter

Mini book edition. Light crease on dust sleeve. Book is mint.

Texas

Jemima Puddle-duck goes to extreme lengths in order to hatch her own eggs.

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

929adcb9-a6bf-4ad2-9179-bf0dd82b05fa-1

This enchanting gift book celebrates friends. These tender and poignant stories were selected from the best selling stories for the heart collection. Like friends, you'll treasure them.

Friendship

Keepsakes fo the Heart 

Believing God for Your Greatest Needs

"Helping 21st-century believers walk in the power of the Spirit and look past their "impossible" circumstances to all the possibilities of Almighty God"--Provided by publisher.

Miracles Can Be Yours Today

87a649bd-6f76-40b2-b62c-c4007766f424-1

#hardcover #bookclub #Africa #love #compassion #autobiography #stories #colonialism #struggle #courage

Washington

A Daughter's Quest

"Praised as ""a shining example of what autobiography can be: harrowing, illuminating and thoughtful"" (USA Today), Aminatta Forna's intensely personal history is a passionate and vivid account of an idyllic childhood that became the stuff of nightmare. As a child she witnessed the upheavals of postcolonial Africa, danger, flight, the bitterness of exile in Britain, and the terrible consequences of her dissident father's stand against tyranny. Mohamed Forna was a man of unimpeachable integrity and enchanting charisma. As Sierra Leone faced its future as a fledgling democracy, he was a new star in the political firmament, a man who had been one of the first black students to come to Britain after the war. He stole the heart of Aminatta's mother, to the dismay of her Presbyterian parents, and returned with her to Sierra Leone. But as Aminatta Forna shows with compelling clarity, the old Africa was torn apart by new ways of Western parliamentary democracy, which gave birth only to dictatorships and corruption of hitherto undreamed-of magnitude. It was not long before Mohamed Forna languished in jail as a prisoner of conscience, and worse was to follow. Aminatta's search for the truth that shaped both her childhood and the nation's destiny began among the country's elite and took her into the heart of rebel territory. Determined to break the silence surrounding her father's fate, she ultimately uncovered a conspiracy that penetrated the highest reaches of government and forced the nation's politicians and judiciary to confront their guilt. The Devil That Danced on the Water is a book of pain and anger and sorrow, written with tremendous dignity and beautiful precision: a remarkable, and important story of Africa."

The Devil That Danced on the Water

e562baba-b015-430e-b69a-ef390154dcaf-1

#hardcover #Vocabulary #Origins #Stories #Words #English #Cultures #Geography￼ #Homeschooling box 30

Please note: there is a $7.50 purchase minimum when buying from our shop. There is a platform fee, packaging, and travel costs. Our prices are extremely low and so please if you don’t need another book, please buy one for a friend. Thanks for understanding. 😊

Reading & Language Arts

750 Words and Their Fascinating Stories and Origins

Contains 750 word origins written in a witty short-story style, provides details about the words' history and usage, and comes with a language chart, an index, and an introduction by a linguistics scholar.

In a Word - read description 

abff0d4c-f1b7-477a-aeba-d24474de6c4d-1

Michigan

Hugs for friends

Bruce McIver

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Just as Long as  I’m Riding Up Front 

Stories I Couldn't Tell While I Was a Pastor

5901fec4-04c6-451d-a7fd-d0523c888522-1

#hardcover #christmas #winter #stories #reindeer #animals #kids #picturebook #children 

Oregon

A Treasury of Animal Adventures 

Animal Tales

Ghosts I've Met

49d10935-5762-42cd-be1a-6ccacdff192a-1

Charles W. Shedd

Name and address stamp on inside page - church stamp on inside page 

For anyone who ever wondered if angels really exist, here are inspiring, true stories 

The bestselling author of Letters to Karen and Letters to Philip takes a fascinating look at the world of angels. In story after story, he d elights readers with accounts of angels and their work in the world today, inspiring readers while drawing them into a greater awareness of God's mysterious ways.

Brush of an Angel's Wing

095cb874-8017-49f4-ab5f-1dbefddc807c-1

clean copy, gift giving condition...see pics 📸


NN

Stories, Sayings, and Scriptures to Encourage and Inspire the Heart

Everyone needs a hug--a good many and often. Hugs affect everything from our physical health to our emotional well-being. Hugs encourage, comfort, assure, and affirm the heart and spirit. This unique series has become a national best-selling gift-book line. Each beautifully designed hardcover book has an innovative two-color interior.

Hugs for Teens

5af688f8-ca39-4568-9fbd-e79c20ecdfd7-1

#hardcover #bible #childrensbible #storybible #biblestorybook #kids #boys #Christian #children #stories 

This beautifully illustrated Bible storybook is a wonderful first introduction to the Bible for young children just learning to read. Little ones will love these stories told in a lively and engaging style. This book, tied with attractive ribbon, makes a wonderful gift and a keepsake to treasure.

First Bible Stories for Boys

07baa147-a559-41d1-98a0-351b7707ebe9-1

#hardcover #literature #homeschool #school #childrens #stories #treasury

Up One Hill and down Another

eb9a9e8a-1865-4fe7-ae20-f778c7bc541f-1

Deborah Gould

Hardcover children's book in good condition. One written annotation. Minor shelf wear. See pictures.

New Jersey

Terry finds a way, through his artwork, to preserve a marvelous creature from his dreams.

Terry's Creature

a897cbd9-af63-4300-9cc8-418672135e94-0

Stories

In this sparkling collection of nineteen stories, the bestselling author of Slammerkin returns to contemporary affairs, exposing the private dilemmas that result from some of our most public controversies. A man finds God and finally wants to father a child-only his wife is now forty-two years old. A coach's son discovers his sexuality on the football field. A roommate's bizarre secret liberates a repressed young woman. From the unforeseen consequences of a polite social lie to the turmoil caused by the hair on a woman's chin, Donoghue dramatizes the seemingly small acts upon which our lives often turn. Many of these stories involve animals and what they mean to us, or babies and whether to have them; some replay biblical plots in modern contexts. With characters old, young, straight, gay, and simply confused, Donoghue dazzles with her range and her ability to touch lightly but delve deeply into the human condition.


Touchy Subjects

These books are old so there is staining on the pages. They contain very good condensed stories. Authors and novels on the front of books! Enjoy

North Carolina

Readers Digest Books 2/ $1.00

Books are old so their is staining on the pages. 4 stories per book. See titles and authors on the front of books

Readers Digest Condensed Novels  2/ $1.00

Passager Books

Joyce Abell

A testament that you can never be too old to try something new, Abell published her first book (this memoir) at age 92.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Florida

Literary Nonfiction. California Interest. Memoir. Humor. PRICKLY ROSES: STORIES FROM A LIFE is a collection of high-spirited, often humorous essays spanning the adventurous life of 93- year-old Joyce Abell. Frequently on her own from the age of three, she lived on a dairy farm, a hotel in New Orleans, a transatlantic ocean liner, an Albanian palace, and came of age in a boardinghouse in Berkeley, CA. Among the characters in this book, you'll meet her Communist parents, Paul Robeson, the U.S. ambassador to Albania (her grandfather), and the great loves of her life. "PRICKLY ROSES: STORIES FROM A LIFE may just as well have been called The Unimaginable, Fascinating, and Unspeakably Magical Life of Joyce Abell. Her childhood adventures rival those of Harry Potter, except her stories are better because they're true. The world she recounts is all but lost to us now, and so I am doubly grateful to Joyce Abell for writing her history down."--Ann Patchett

Prickly Roses

d95f0a53-6061-4be3-89ef-2e6ec965f4a7-1

David M. Wilson

New York

The results of this recording are now made available for the first time in their entirety. All the paintings are shown complete and in a series of details, many of them actual size, in which expressions and brush strokes speak out vividly across seven hundred years. The reproductions are printed in color to the highest standard. Accompanying texts provide the art-historical background, explain the narratives, and describe the frescoes' survival through the centuries. Giotto: The Arena Chapel Frescoes captures as never before the artist's supreme achievement in all its epoch-making power - his magisterial representation of weight and volume, his genius for storytelling, his compassion and his irresistible sense of drama. This is the definitive record of one of Western art's greatest treasures.

The Vikings and Their Origins

fe2c4a98-4a84-4465-8fbf-578ff17f08c0-1

Garrison Keillor

In this collection of stories about small-town life, Dale takes a step toward manhood and Darlene sets off for Minneapolis to begin a new life

Browse by categories

Save this search

Alexander McCall Smith

Pianos and Flowers

Robert H. Weinberg; Stefan R. Dziemianowicz; Martin H. Greenberg

100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories

Myron Beck; Richard A. Wolters

Dog Tales

Doug Dorst

The Surf Guru

Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

Alice Gray

Keepsakes fo the Heart

Pat Robertson

Miracles Can Be Yours Today

Aminatta Forna

The Devil That Danced on the Water

Rosalie Baker; Tom Lopes (Illustrator)

In a Word - read description

Leann Weiss

Hugs for friends

Bruce McIver

Stories I Couldn't Tell While I Was a Pastor

Various

Animal Tales

Hans Holzer

Ghosts I've Met

Charles W. Shedd

Brush of an Angel's Wing

Scott Krippayne

Hugs for Teens

Andrew Geeson (Illustrator)

First Bible Stories for Boys

Roger C. Farr

Up One Hill and down Another

Deborah Gould

Terry's Creature

Emma Donoghue

Touchy Subjects

Many

Readers Digest Books 2/ $1.00

Many

Readers Digest Condensed Novels 2/ $1.00

Passager Books; Joyce Abell

Prickly Roses

David M. Wilson

The Vikings and Their Origins

Garrison Keillor

Leaving Home