Sheri Salata

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Delaware

And Other Tales of Trial, Transcendence, and Transformation

“Thursday morning. One hundred pounds overweight, no man in sight, and rounding the bend to 57 years old—a full-blown catastrophe.” What happens when you realize you’ve had the career of your dreams, but you don’t have the life of your dreams? This was the stark reality facing Sheri Salata when she left her twenty-year stint at The Oprah Winfrey Show, Harpo Studios and the OWN network. She had dedicated decades to her dream job, and loved (almost) every minute of it, but had left the rest of her life gathering dust on the shelf. After years of telling other people’s makeover stories, Sheri decided to “produce” her own life transformation. And this meant revisiting her past, excavating its lessons, and boldly reimagining her future. In these pages, she invites readers along for the ride—detoxing in the desert, braving humiliation at Hollywood’s favorite fitness studio, grappling with losses, reinventing friendships, baring her soul in sex therapy, and more. Part cautionary tale, part middle-of-life rallying cry, Sheri’s stories offer profound inspiration for personal renewal.

The Beautiful No

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

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Pennsylvania

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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Abbas Kazerooni

Missouri

"First published in 2008 as 'The little man' by Tate Publishing, USA; published in 2011 by Hachette India; published in 2012 by Allen & Unwin, Australia"--Colophon.

On Two Feet and Wings

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Jennifer Lauck

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

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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Danielle Steel

New York

In one tragic moment everything changed. Her daughter's life. Her marriage. Her world.

Accident

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#hardcover #Christian #nonfiction #grace #inspiring

New Mexico

You Are Standing Where Grace Is Happening





Max Lucado looks at grace from all directions and reveals that no matter which way you look at it, God's grace is always there, ready to do wonders in your life. This beautiful gift book is filled with powerful quotes, Scripture, and stories that will transform your heart and mind with a deeper understanding of God's healing grace. The message gently and eloquently encourages you to accept completely His grace and forgiveness as well as extend the same blessing toward others."When grace happens, generosity happens. Unsquashable, eye-popping big heartedness happens. Receiving grace today Liberality is in the forecast for tomorrow. When you meet a bountiful person, you are standing where grace is happening."

Grace Happens Here

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A  cute and fun book to read, be sure to see pbotos. A small book measuring 6 x 6 inches.

Alabama

How to Lose Weight Without Losing Your Mind

With his trademark wit and humorous animal photographs, Grieve identifies the most common causes of weight gain as well as the perils of extreme dieting, suggesting that the #1 lesson is to "Keep your mouth shut."

Dieting Causes Brain Damage

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#hardcover #nonfiction #autobiography #blackbird #childhoodmemoir #heartbreaking #inspiring #jenniferlauck 

Colorado

Kentucky

If Your Dream Doesn't Scare You, It's Too Small

This study examines biblical and modern-day examples of people who were willing to put everything on the line, take risks, seize opportunities, face fears, embrace uncertainty, and look foolish when it comes to chasing after God-given opportunities.

Chase the Lion

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#hardcover #withdrawnlibrarybook #juvenilefiction #inspiring #friendship #hope

Minnesota

Miracles Aren’t an Exact Science 

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR * THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY * KIRKUS REVIEWS
 
The spectacular debut novel from the Newbery Award winning author of When You Trap a Tiger. This is an uplifting story about friendship, family, and the complicated science of the heart.

When Natalie's science teacher suggests that she enter an egg drop competition, she thinks it could be the perfect solution to all of her problems. With the prize money, she can fly her botanist mother to see the miraculous Cobalt Blue Orchids--flowers with the resilience to survive against impossible odds. Her mother has been suffering from depression, and Natalie is positive that the flowers' magic will inspire her mom to fall in love with life again.
 
But she can't do it alone. Her friends step up to show her that talking about problems is like taking a plant out of a dark cupboard and exposing it to the sun. With their help, Natalie begins an unforgettable journey to discover the science of hope, love, and miracles.

The Science of Breakable Things

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John Ortberg

Texas

Finding God's Extraordinary Love in Your Ordinary Life

Best-selling author John Ortberg has a passion for touching wounded Christians and seeking nonbelievers. A compilation of John Ortberg's trade books, this inspiring gift book is filled with humorous and encouraging conversational insights that bypass the c

Living the God Life

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Church Choir Mysteries 

The Unsuitable Suitor 

Anne Williman

Mary of Magdalane

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#hardcover, #compelling, #inspiring, #eyeopening
The jacket has a wrinkle in it, but the book is in excellent shape.

The First Love Story, Adam, Eve, and Us

#hardcover #paralympic #humanspirit #inspiring #limitless #memoir #motivational #nonfiction #signed

The Power of Hope and Resilience to Overcome Circumstance





Meet Mallory Weggemann: a Paralympic gold-medalist, world champion swimmer, ESPY winner, and NBC Sports commentator whose extraordinary story will give you the encouragement you need to rise up to meet any challenge you face in life.

On January 21, 2008, a routine medical procedure left Mallory paralyzed from her waist down. Less than two years later, Mallory had broken eight world records, and by the 2012 Paralympic Games, she held fifteen world records and thirty-four American records. Two years after that, a devastating fall severely damaged her left arm. But despite all of the hardships that Mallory faced, she was sure about one thing: she refused to give up.

After two reconstructive surgeries and extended rehab, she won two gold medals and a silver medal at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships. And even better, she found confidence, independence, and persevering love. She even walked down the aisle on her wedding day against all odds.

Mallory's extraordinary resilience and uncompromising commitment to excellence are rooted in her resolve, her faith, and her sheer grit. In Limitless, Mallory shares the lessons she learned by pushing past every obstacle and expectation that stood in her way, teaching you how to: 

 * redefine your limits
 * remember that healing is not chronological
 * be willing to fail
 * lean on your community
 * embrace your comeback
 * write your own ending

Mallory's story reminds us that we can handle whatever challenges, labels, or difficulties we face in life, and we can do it on our own terms. Because when we refuse to accept every boundary that hems us in--physical, emotional, or societal--we become limitless.

Limitless

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Louisiana

Elaine St. James

A trio of popular inspirational self-help guides--Simplify Your Life, Inner Simplicity, and Living the Simple Life--explains how to rid one's life of unnecessary clutter and offers practical advice on how to slow down and rediscover the things that truly matter.

The Simplicity Reader

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Savannah LaBrant

Cole Labrant

Oregon

Our Surprising Love Story

The messy, tender story of how God brought two people together in a surprising, unexpected way. Savannah was the product of a broken marriage, a single mother with a history of unhealthy relationships; her faith in God had grown cold. Cole was fun-loving, and was slowly learning how to trust God through life's twists and turns. After an unlikely first date, they learned how to navigate a relationship while building a lasting foundation on joy, honesty, and an unshakable trust in a loving God.

Cole and Sav

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The cover of the book is ripped 
Therefore in poor condition, but the hardcover is fine

Massachusetts

Monica Kulling

Aunt Pearl arrives one day pushing a shopping cart full of her worldly goods. Her sister Rose has invited her to come live with her family. Six-year-old Marta is happy to meet her aunt, who takes her out to look for treasure on garbage day, and who shows her camp group how to decorate a coffee table with bottle caps. But almost immediately, Pearl and Rose start to clash -- over Pearl's belongings crammed into the house, and over Rose's household rules. As the weeks pass, Pearl grows quieter and more withdrawn, until, one morning, she is gone. Acclaimed author Monica Kulling brings sensitivity to this story about homelessness, family and love, beautifully illustrated in Irene Luxbacher's rich collage style.

Aunt Pearl

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New Jersey

From Landmines to Grapevines, One Woman's Mission to Heal the World

Both a memoir and a call to action, this book is a gripping account of the author's quest to eradicate landmines from the face of the earth.

Heidi Kühn's commitment to fostering peace and raising awareness has been a driving force in her life--from her early days as a student at the University of California, Berkeley, to her time as a reporter in Juneau, Alaska, covering the Exxon Valdez oil spill and US-Russia relations. After overcoming a potentially terminal cancer diagnosis that threatened everything she held dear, Heidi became determined to rid the world of another form of cancer that has plagued the world for decades--landmines--in regions as far-flung as Croatia Vietnam, and Afghanistan. 

Inspired by her work of the late Princess Diana, Heidi began the humanitarian organization Roots of Peace from the basement off her Northern California home. She gained the support of famed Napa Valley vintners Robert Mondavi and Mike Grgich, and soon her mines-to-vines. mission began to take hold. 

In this powerful memoir, Heidi tells the Roots of Peace story, guiding the reader from the early days in which she built her vision to her current presence on the global stage, where she has worked with presidents, prime ministers, landmine survivors, and religious leaders from around the world to spread a message of peace and recovery. In the years since the founding of Roots of Peace, its agricultural projects have made tremendous progress to fight against landmines, revitalizing devastated land and uplifting the lives of countless people in the process. 

Through recalling her journey, Heidi reveals the remarkable change an ordinary person can inspire. Her story is one of faith, healing, and the compassion needed to grow a more peaceful world. Breaking Ground will encourage you to do the extraordinary and help plant the seeds of change for a brighter future.

Breaking Ground

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Brand new, never read, but sticker removal damage on back of dust jacket. 

Michigan

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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While working on the case of a con man accused of murdering his latest victim, criminal defense attorney Lee White is devastated when her husband Jasper asks for a divorce, demanding custody of their daughter, to marry Lee's sister, Robin

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